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?

Adventures · Emptying the nest

Thank goodness I made it to Tuesday

Have you ever worked your arse off, due to putting off a cleaning project for days, weeks, months, maybe years only to find that holy crap it was a lot of work? My weekend cleaning extravaganza was such a big project, I didn't want to do it.  But I had to.  I had to avoid… Continue reading Thank goodness I made it to Tuesday

Adventures · Inspiration

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

Adventures · Emptying the nest

How dust bunnies grow

It's been one heck of a busy morning week month year lifetime of dust bunny growth in our house since our little birds flew the empty nest I can't remember when. I frankly don't give a f*** about dust on my books... or nose prints on the windows... Until I start to sneeze or we… Continue reading How dust bunnies grow

Adventures · Inspiration

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

Emptying the nest

Who is your interior decorator?

Are you over 50 and feeling like you’re not sure why your house looks like you never really discovered a “look”?  You’re not alone.  We have let our life become our interior decorator. This month, I've been taking a serious look at our home.  From the distance, looking in. I'm surprised at how much I… Continue reading Who is your interior decorator?