Love is All Around Us

My favorite quote ever – I share it every year because I think it bears repeating. “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see […]

Massive Edit

Today’s assignment was 15 minutes of unedited stream of consciousness. It involved deep thoughts about coffee, career, sleep, love, and the milk supply in my fridge. I will not be sharing it. No one needs to be wading in that stream. Instead I offer this: *I’m participating in Write Yourself Alive – a 30 day […]

No, I’m Not Stupid. And Yes, I Really Do Believe That.

Ah, election season.  The time when the gloves come off and people who I adore and who appear to adore me for 3 years and 9 months at a time all of a sudden lose all filters and start to question both my sanity and my intelligence.  Good times. I am liberal. So very liberal. […]

Thought for the Day

More from Audrey – who knew she was so wise? I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn

Thought for the Day

Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up. Audrey Hepburn

Thought for the Day

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. – M. Scott Peck