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Happy New Year
May your glass always be at least half full. May it be filled with nourishment when you are thirsty, something refreshing when you are hot, something warming when you are cold. May you give what you don’t need to another. … Continue reading
Posted in Ekphrastica (Photos & Poems), Musings
Tagged courage, glass half full, gratitude, Happy New Year, mystery, new year, nourishment, sharing, solitude
36 Comments
Big Magic and the Creative Urge
When I was about half way through reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, I realized that I wanted to remember the important parts of this book. The book called out to me: Pay close attention! So I started at the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Musings
Tagged beauty, Big Magic, book review, courage, creativity, ego, ego needs, Elizabeth Gilbert, fear, freedom, meaning, soul, soul need
54 Comments
The Spice of Life
I love spices – part of the allure of travel includes exploring another country’s cuisine with its different spices. For my own cooking, I use lots of home-grown herbs and spices: onions and garlic in baskets, dried basil, tarragon, sage, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Musings, Travel Theme Challenge
Tagged adventure, boredom, cayenne pepper, coriander, courage, depth, Dune, Frank Herbert, garam masala, ginger, lavender, Marco Polo, meaning, melange, nutmeg, spices, travel theme: spice, vanilla bean, variety
27 Comments
Sunday Stills: Cold as Ice
Here is the poem again, if you cannot read it on a small screen: Bare Bones Frozen night slides into hazy blues. Trees and grasses holding in standing firm. Stiff outer armor Soft dreaming inward Waiting knowing waiting Bare bones … Continue reading
Posted in Ekphrastica (Photos & Poems), Sunday Stills
Tagged courage, endurance, frozen, perseverance, poem, steadfast, sunday stills: Cold as ice, winter landscape
8 Comments