Life’s Daily Harvest
Having something that is pretty for the sake of pretty is refreshing. It gives our life a daily harvest of beauty and color.
The Joy of Common Work
. . . Do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. – Robert Lewis Stevenson It’s easy for me to get caught up in wanting everything fancy, just like I think everyone else has it. But…
Smiles From Strangers
I’m always surprised when strangers smile at me, even more so when they say niceties such as “how are you today?”. It happened again the other day. I wasn’t feeling too good and I had a tough morning working on a sticky problem. I went for my walk during lunch, really wrapped up in my…
Practicing Stillness
This week’s photo challenge is minimalist, explained as: An artfully executed minimalist photograph is anything but mundane. It illustrates a moment in time, or an artistic perspective, with simplicity and grace. Minimalist photography is characterized by a large portion of negative space, a fairly monochromatic color palette with good contrast, and an interesting subject that…
Words of Encouragement for 2014
Holley Gerth, author of “You’re Made For a God Sized Dream” has a 2014 Encouragement Challenge going on. For the first week, she’s thrown out the question: What encouraging words do you want the people you care about to hear as they begin a new year? You know what I want to remind each and…
Candle Lighter Award
Shortly before the holidays, Kate over at Believe Anyway gave me a Candle Lighter Award. Thank you so much Kate! The purpose of this award is to recognize a post or blog that brings light to the world. Isn’t that wonderful? She’s been waiting so eagerly for me to post about it and start using it. …
