Musings and Mutterings

Earthday: Today and Every Day

Earthday is a day of celebration, love and showed devotion to this wonderful, diverse and universally shared planet that we all call Home. Various activities, showcases and events take place, awareness is raised and garnered and a great deal of nature merriment occurs everywhere one looks. It's all truly a fantastic thing! Yet, once April… Continue reading Earthday: Today and Every Day

Musings and Mutterings, Poetry

Poetry is in Everything

April is National Poetry Month and it has been since it's inauguration by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Poetry appreciation is not, however, confined to simply this month and that only makes sense, since poetry is in and about everything. It is the very language of the human experience - emotional, physical, paradoxical,… Continue reading Poetry is in Everything

Musings and Mutterings

Hello April

So starts another month, filled with hopes, promise, untold wonders, delights, issues to tackle, problems to solve, difficulties to sort through and so on...you know, LIFE! Happy April and may it's showers definitely bring about May flowers that shall bloom well into June! Oh and what do y'all think of the new blog header, graphic… Continue reading Hello April

Poetry

Weekend Wishes

May your weekend be relaxing, your spirits be restored, May peace and joy delight you and knock upon your door. May your say goodbye to this month, it's trials and tribulations, and say hello to next month with mirth and jubilation. Here's to everyday elegance, in all it's many forms and here's living in each… Continue reading Weekend Wishes

Musings and Mutterings

A Surprise Gift

Last week was my birthday (not that I made any secret about that, tee-hee!) and while I received many sweet surprises and gleeful tidings, one stood out for it's sheer awesome serendipity and as a reminder of just how generous and amazing the Universe and it's people can be... While out and about on my… Continue reading A Surprise Gift

Musings and Mutterings, Poetry

International Women’s Day

Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women's Day. As said best by Gloria Steinem - "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.". Since march is also Women's History Month, I wanted to share a poem… Continue reading International Women’s Day