Posts tagged: winter

Sweater Weather 1/13/25

Sweater Weather 1/13/25

Sending a big hug and prayer to LA, and to all those who bravely and generously fought to help our fellow countrymen.  While the apocalypse blazed on the Pacific coast, we in the east and southeast have been hunkering down and bundling up against some frigid weather. 

This weekend, while staying inside, feeling stunned, and searching for meaning, I stumbled through some of my regular haunts in the blogosphere, where I alit upon the always erudite and thoughtful Jen Shoop, who wrote - "What's the kindest thing a stranger has done for you?"   Here is an excerpt of Jen's own story:   READ MORE

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Be Soft 2/26/24

Be Soft 2/26/24
What is the musical term for softness, that which follows a brass-blaring-drum-pounding crescendo?  I think it might be diminuendo*.  What a lovely word, how it rolls off your tongue ... try saying it aloud.  Diminuendo.  Ahhhh sounds like it could be a new bubble bath from Chanel.   It also subtly harkens of good things yet to come.    We are far from done here, it gently whispers.  But let's go softly for a step.  READ MORE

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Straight on til Morning 1/8/24

Straight on til Morning 1/8/24
I'm not a New Year's resolution'er.  It seems like a perfect set up to feel like a failure.  There's plenty of opportunity for that to go around without setting yourself up for it.   But, as you've probably figured out, I can navel gaze with the best of them.   So, how to take this inflection point that the world hands us once a year, and rotate your sun into something better still?   Sigh, don't I wish I could serve that up on a silver platter.  READ MORE

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1/24/22 The Graphics of Positivity

1/24/22 The Graphics of Positivity
One more cold grey January day,  and I sat at my desk feeling isolated and Covid weary.    "My goal for the week is unadulterated positivity", I wrote.     A worthy endeavor indeed, but alas, I wrote that in a Monday Love Note almost exactly one year ago today.    Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. 

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