With a bright pink strip along its sturdy spine, the rest of its cardboard shell remained a blank slate until I removed its plastic encasement, popped open my art supplies, and got busy. Soon purple, blue, orange, and pink flowers with green leaves emerged to adorn its cover. Looking at it now, the bottom right-handContinue reading “Treasures”
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Can Hardly Wait!
Although summer is still a month away, I have to admit that I’ve been engaging in an anticipatory activity as I await it’s arrival. I just can’t help myself. Yes, I know my goal each month this year is to practice mindfulness, to be present, to be in the moment but in this case, IContinue reading “Can Hardly Wait!”
Retire the word…please!
It’s not the concept that I mind. As a matter of fact, I’m enjoying it thoroughly. It’s the name, the term, really it’s the actual word that bothers me. Now I understand it originated in Europe in 16th century and is from the French word “retirer”. I know it was first used to describe “drawingContinue reading “Retire the word…please!”
Just Move
These days I write for pure enjoyment, however, there was a four-year span in the late-1990s when I was paid to write. During that time, I was fortunate enough to freelance for a few small publications in south-central Arizona. “Fitness Plus” and “Today’s Arizona Woman” were among my main gigs. Being paid to write orContinue reading “Just Move”
