Add some whimsy to your life
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." ~ Norman Vincent Peale The sun may be growing more distant and the Earth more silent and cold in it's sleep, but there is magic still... "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer… Continue reading Monday Mantra 38 – Christmas waves a magic wand over this world…
In 1843 a character named Ebenezer Scrooge first appeared in a rather charming tome titled "A Christmas Carol" by one Charles Dickens, and ever since the word scrooge has been used to describe persons who possess a dismal, greedy, and downright bah-humbug disposition. Naturally, Ebenezer Scrooge mended his ways and attitude (it being Christmas, after all),… Continue reading Word Nerd: Scrooge
I remember someone once telling me that they expected nothing so that when bad things happened they weren't disappointed. I was so shocked, and I'll admit disgusted, at this sort of mindset. I mean, really? I can understand the idea behind living a life where having expectations is not the main focus (that's a driving… Continue reading Monday Mantra 37
Clinquant, what better time of year to discover this twinkling gem of a word?! Clinquant is of French origin, from clinquer (to glitter, or literally, to clink). As is well known around these parts, glitter makes me one very happy gal, so to have yet another lovely term to describe it makes me down right… Continue reading Word Nerd: Clinquant
All is merry, all is bright, in this month of shortened light. Soon the season will turn again and Winter shall enter the Northern lands. Darkness falls, the chill runs through, all is slumbering, all seems still. The cracking trees, the icy lakes, the rustling leaves in Autumn's wake. Yet in this time, so bleak… Continue reading Merry December
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life that you love, You have to have the courage to live it. ~ John Irving has the key to truly living the life you want right here in this quote. Every single one of us has an idea of the sort of life we… Continue reading Monday Mantra 36
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