A New Year! (Let’s hope it’s less bumpy than the last!)
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
-Edith Lovejoy Pierce
mot juste \moh-ZHOOST\, noun: a word or phrase that exacts fits the case
That is the kind of girl I am. The one that sounds overly formal, the one who would actually use mot juste in a sentence…and not just to sound pretentious. What do you expect from a kid who grew up with no TV, no friends within a 10 mile radius, and read everything she could [...]
Quotes
“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, [...]
Childhood
Okay…so where to begin. I’m not sure I’ve had enough wine to begin this trip into the past. But alas, here we go.
Ah, my childhood. It started off typical…bouncy blonde curls, jumping in puddles, teasing my brother, sneaking cookies…all the usual. Around the age of 5 or 6 I started to realize that my family [...]
So I suck…
…but it was delicious
This week has FLOWN by!
*Whew* What a week. I survived…but eek! Only 2 more days to accomplish my goal. And what with drinks to be had with friends, christmas decorations to make, Christmas trees to cut down, French Toast to be consumed, shopping to be done…it’s not looking promising. Oh, let’s be honest. I can find the time if [...]
Monday Musings – Beware It’s a Ramble
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”-e.e. Cummings
(quote in honor of LB-I know, I know, [...]
I woke up to a foot of snow.
Well, maybe it wasn’t quite a foot…but it’s still the first real snow of the year. It fell just as Christmas lights and trees were springing up everywhere, holiday plans were being solidified and present lists were being double checked. So, even though I was coming off of a long weekend of debauchery and sheer [...]