Add some whimsy to your life
Lustre (also spelled luster, though I prefer the British spelling lustre) is the sparking, bright shine that a reflective surface gives off. Lustre is a sheen and glow that occurs without glitter (shocking, but oh so true). Eyes have a lustre to them, as do crystals, gems, and seashells. Fur can have a lustre, as… Continue reading Word Nerd: Lustre
Today I'm feeling terrible. I'm cranky, I'm high-strung, I'm tired, sore, irritated, and just about every awful, negative thing a mind can create. And I hate it. Even thinking about trying to get things done today makes me want to cry frustrated tears that have no real rhythm or reason. I know that I have… Continue reading Monday Mantra 53
Xanadu, what an utterly unique and radically awesome (at least according to the 1980's musical...Where time stops and the magic never ends.) word. It's origins tend to come from Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment". In it He describes Xanadu, the the summer capital of the Mongol… Continue reading Word Nerd: Xanadu
Life is filled with so many little stupid things. Goodness knows we encounter them at every turn, and yet, instead of getting overly annoyed, upset, angry, and ultimately miserable because of them, if we remind ourselves that they are, in fact, little stupid things, and laugh, disregard, and merrily go about our ways, we will… Continue reading Monday Mantra 52
Hiraeth (pronounced hee-raee) is an absolutely glorious Welsh term that can be translated loosely into English as "longing", yet it's true meaning has a great deal more nuance to it then simple longing. Hiraeth describes a deep, inborn sense of yearning for a home, a feeling, a place or person that is beyond this plane… Continue reading Word Nerd: Hiraeth
This week's Monday Manta is a simple, yet wonderfully effective one. Stay focused and extra sparkly. That's it. When you're feeling overwhelmed, just take a breath, re-center yourself, find your focus and then, as you go to it, add something extra to your own special sparkle by laughing, smiling, dancing, and delighting in all the… Continue reading Monday Mantra 51
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