Hello to the New Year 2018. May each day in this new year be filled with God's blessings for you and your loved ones.
Tag: happiness
Sweeping Away the Old
Goodbye to 2017. Was it a good year for you? Or a bad one? Either way, it's done and we have a whole new year on the horizon.Time for making a fresh start, beginning tomorrow. Make the most of every opportunity! See you in 2018.
The Fragrance of Life
Southern Living has long been one of my favorite magazines, one of the few print magazines to which I steadfastly subscribe. While leafing through a recent issue newly retrieved from my mailbox, one full-page ad (pictured below) caught my eye. Now you might assume the radiant, air-brushed smile is what drew my attention ... but no. Maybe it… Continue reading The Fragrance of Life
Sat-Your-Day
You may be geared like me. No matter what the rest of the week brings my way, Saturdays are usually a day of ambition for me. All the tasks still on my list (because I failed to complete them during the week) get shuffled into Saturday!Of course that means I have to get an early start on… Continue reading Sat-Your-Day
Not A Sour Note
Ever since we first viewed the 2007 film Bella, I've paid attention to Eduardo Verástegui and the projects with which he's been involved. Bella tells the story of an international soccer star (José played by Verástegui) whose life takes a sharp turn that abruptly ends the man's career. As the movie begins, he's working as a cook in… Continue reading Not A Sour Note
Raising Canes . . . Maybe
Back in February, I posted about a day when I made a specific appointment to prune the raspberry bushes in my garden. I mentioned my reluctance to perform the task because I believed the productive plants might – given my notoriously purple thumb – take offense at being pruned and simply refuse to produce another crop! About two weeks… Continue reading Raising Canes . . . Maybe
Life In A Meat-grinder
With ABC's Dianne Sawyer conducting a two-hour interview scheduled to air tomorrow night, stories and pictures of Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner are everywhere online as well as on the front pages of various tabloids. Jenner reached the pinnacle of success, snagging two Gold Medals in the grueling decathlon. Esquire described him as "the greatest athlete of his time."The… Continue reading Life In A Meat-grinder
Back To The 60s Again
For as long as I can remember, music has been an integral part of my life. Two other posts in this space (here and here) offer some background. Because I'm also a product of the 1960s, there's a certain genre of music that shaped my life just as it shaped the lives of most in my baby-boomer… Continue reading Back To The 60s Again
Too Beautiful To Hold
On Tuesday, my post referred to a poem (Spring) written by Pulitzer Prize recipient (1923), poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950). According to some literary sources, her sonnets are among the best of the early twentieth century. One particular poem I've loved many a year is not a true sonnet but still a top-notch and memorable… Continue reading Too Beautiful To Hold
I’ll Be There For You
Twenty years ago, a television show called FRIENDS debuted. The series ran for ten seasons and chronicled the lives of six characters (3 guys, 3 girls), twenty-somethings living in New York City. Billed as a romantic-comedy series, the show aired to generally mixed reviews but quickly built an audience. In many respects, it was SEINFELD for… Continue reading I’ll Be There For You