Inspiration

Will a hug help?

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.  Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.  Your life will never be the same again. - Og Mandino I wish a hug would help our… Continue reading Will a hug help?

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Bugs galore and flowers we adore

Nature will bear the closest inspection.  She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there?  I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore

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Thoughts on a creative rabbit hole of despair

As a creative person, have you ever went down the rabbit hole of despair?  The trail down there is rough and rocky.  The nuggets of nourishing things don't seem quite as appealing to you as they did when you first tried them out? You find yourself nibbling on random things, hoping something tasty will trigger… Continue reading Thoughts on a creative rabbit hole of despair

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A dreamy morning

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. - J. B. Priestley When I see the glow of a red sun hidden behind the trees, I know I just have to grab the camera… Continue reading A dreamy morning

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Refocus for success

I'm the queen of distraction some most days.  Things that involve my blog writing are wonderful distractions.  I enjoy them.  I'm truly smitten with all that goes with blogging.  And photography.  I can lose time at a rapid pace. But...my unfinished projects won't get done if I don't focus effort on completing them.  There are… Continue reading Refocus for success

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Blogging advice from My 700th post

In retrospect, I now know that there is this really long time in a blogging adventure called the growing time.  It's not the wild success at the end, I haven't a clue about that. I'm talking about being able to look back and see how blogging is about growing into something beautiful. Whatever that may… Continue reading Blogging advice from My 700th post