In an effort to research Colorado for a novel and the Denver Cereal, I’ve been reading “Western Voices, 125 years of Colorado Writing.” The book is a compilation of essays about Colorado collected by the Colorado HIstorical Society magazine. I read this essay yesterday and knew I needed share some of it with you: “I… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Thursday Thirteen – Climbing Difficult Mountains
It seems like everyone is experiencing challenges right now. When I feel really stretched, I read this book. Move your cursor over the book – to turn pages, click the bottom right corner. It’s 12 pages but very short. 13. What do you do when you feel challenged? Leave it in the comments and I’ll… Continue Reading
Simply Kind Tuesday, Week 2 : Kind words.
It happened again. I said, “this” and they heard “that.” They were so upset that they worried about it all night. I was lucky. They trusted me enough to tell me they were upset. Gratefully, we cleared up the matter fairly easily. Still, imagine my chagrin! I was heart broken to learn that I had… Continue Reading
Responsibility lies with each of us.
“Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.”… Continue Reading
Unconscious Mutterings : Week 302
Have you recovered from this election week? Gosh, even the noise level seems to have diminished. At least there’s one thing I can count on – the joy of unconscious mutterings and our collective. Will you join me is a few word prompts (created by the fabulous LunaNina.com)? Here are our prompts: Coverage :: Cynical… Continue Reading
Thursday Thirteen: Thoughts on Kindness
Getting ready for Simply Kind Tuesdays, a new meme for Tuesdays (click here for more information), I ran across a number of quotes and thoughts about kindness. I thought I would share them with you here. 1. ”Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindnes causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”… Continue Reading
A little kindness?
KIND (adj.) chiefly dialect : affectionate , loving a: of a sympathetic or helpful nature b: of a forbearing nature : gentle c: arising from or characterized by sympathy or forbearance <a kind act> of a kind to give pleasure or relief –Merriam-Webster I love looking up words. Merriam-Webster dilligently tells me that kind means affectionate or loving. It also tells me that ‘kind’ is an adjective. To me,… Continue Reading
Daily tasks.
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.” Anthony Trollope Happy Monday!… Continue Reading
Unconscious Mutterings : Week 301
What a weekend! Start with Halloween and move on the macabre election dramas of Saturday and today. Luckily, I can always find my way back to our community and my favorite exercise, Unconscious Mutterings! Here are our word prompts (created by Luna Nina) In love :: Be my guest :: Number one :: Swallowed whole… Continue Reading