Sometimes the ordinary can be extraordinary. Lowly landscape flowers shine in otherwise flowerless gardens; wet paint vibrates with energy creating liquid sculptures; one person helps another and both lives improve. There are many things that exist and happen in our everyday lives that we deem ordinary, but when reflected upon, they are truly quite extraordinary! [...]
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Friday’s Fresh Five! (2/17/12)
Posted in Aging, Art and Crafts, Health, Helping Others, Holidays, inspiration, Photography, Uncategorized, tagged advice for women over fifty, blog, calories, Fab 50, food portions, Helping Others, inspiration, life, life is art, liquid paint sculptures, Martin Klimas, Miguel Angel Ruiz quote, National Heart Lung and blood Institute, ordinary and extraordinary things, over fifty, painting with sound, photo of the year, portion distortion, super sized food, super-sized, Women over 50, women over fifty, World Press Photo on February 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Friday’s Fresh Five! (2/10/12)
Posted in Community, Creativity, Health, Helping Others, In The Kitchen, inspiration, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged accepting others, Arches National Park, Art House Co-Op, blog, Bryce Canyon, creative community projects, Helping Others, human similarities, images of the Milky Way, inspiration, Joseph Campbell quote, joy, Letters to Home, life, Milky Way, moods are contagious, Photography, romanesco, romanesco broccoli, Royce Blair, spread the mood, The Meal, the Sketchbook Project, Utah, Utah National Parks on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The world’s other 6,993,541,793 human inhabitants are more like you than you think. People’s emotions, actions and reactions are not so different from one part of the world to another. Cultural and religious customs do exist, but smiling, kissing, and hugging are among the many emotional gestures people around the world share. So the next [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (1/20/12)
Posted in About me, Community, Gardening, Helping Others, inspiration, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged blog, Charles Warnke, date a girl who reads, Helping Others, how to help the homeless, inspiration, John Bunyan quote, life, Pinterest, reduce food waste, Repurposing, Rosemarie Urquico, ways to help the homeless, ways to reuse things, you should date an illiterate girl on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It was so cold outside that the birds looked all puffed up in their little down jackets. For me, dressing up like Nanook of the North and going out in the freezing cold at midnight is not something I like to do, but the weather forecaster on T.V. said, “There’s going to be a hard [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (1/13/12)
Posted in Creativity, Entertainment, Health, Helping Others, inspiration, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged advertising deception, benjamin franklin quote, blog, Creativity, fast food, Helping Others, inspiration, jigsaw puzzles, music painting, national geographic, New Year resolutions, online jigsaw puzzles, Photography, rainbow walkway on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
New Year resolutions speak of hopes, dreams, and new starts, but shouldn’t every morning bring with it the same potential? Why wait a day, a month, or 12 months to start something new or to create the life you want? There will never be a better time than now to eat better, to sharpen your [...]
Holiday Lessons
Posted in About me, Holidays, Husbands, inspiration, Kids, Parenting, Pets, Uncategorized, tagged be prepared, blog, Can't teach an old dog new tricks, don't sweat the messy stuff, growing with gratitude, holiday thoughts, inspiration, life, life is precious, life lessons, priorities, the best gifts, thoughts about the holidays, thoughts to keep in mind during the holidays on January 3, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The rhythmic sounds of a tumbling clothes dryer and a snoring old dog create a soothing background of white noise as I compose my thoughts. The holidays blew through my life like a gust of wind, picking up bits and pieces of my routine and then rearranging them in chaotic order. The kids blew in, [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (12/23/11)
Posted in About me, Creativity, Health, Helping Others, Holidays, inspiration, Pets, Photography, Uncategorized, tagged blog, christmas cards, e-greetings, food safety, foods dogs and cats should not eat, holiday greetings, holiday pet safety, holiday thoughts, inspiration, Lao tzu quote, peace, pet poisons, snowflakes on December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Christmas tree glimmers with joy and cheer, and colorful stockings hang by very near. The pantry’s filled with an indulgent load, ’cause the kids are home and in a snacking mode. Snippets of red ribbon cover the floor, but the greatest gifts given are those to the poor. Now is the time to give [...]
Friday’s Fresh Five! (12/16/11)
Posted in Creativity, Gift Ideas, Helping Others, Holidays, inspiration, Recipes, Recycling, Uncategorized, tagged blog, check out charities, checking out charities, D.M. Dellinger quote, gifts from the kitchen, Helping Others, holiday gift ideas, inspiration, life is a gift video, recycled bottle Christmas tree, Recycling, whole foods on December 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The holidays are right around the corner: Hanukkah begins on the 21st, Christmas, of course, is on the 25th, and Kwanzaa is on the 26th. There’s still so much to do, so many people to see and so many ways to help others. Check out the links on today’s Friday’s Fresh Five! – help and [...]
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