When going through posts from last year to create a 2014 year-end review, I noticed something that I’d not noticed before: this has been a quirky year for photos! I found myself laughing or smiling through the entire year. I figured most were my “Distracted Runner” photos, but I soon realized many were not. So here’s…
Write It On Your Heart…
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson On this first day of a full week of vacation, I thought it would be a good time to look back over and share some of the best of the best days of 2014. Lots of…
The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer…
…is to decorate the dumpster… …and this porta-potty here. The kids and I saw a lot of decorations and lights this holiday season, but today I happened upon these two gems. Now THIS is creative. And hilarious.
Simply Beautiful
Normally I would post a series of photos to share our visit to a holiday display. However, I don’t want to diminish this with filler. This photo is everything I could possibly say about our visit to The Way of Lights at Our Lady of the Snows. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the…
So Far, I’ve Learned…
Today I saw an article that a woman wrote about “what you learn in your 40s“. I thought it was well done and I enjoyed it a lot (although I’m not as inclined to be so generous with old boyfriends). Given that the author and I are pretty much the same age, I started to wonder what (if anything)…
Sure enough…
Three years ago, it was an eye punch. Two years ago, it was baby bear’s squished head. Last year, it was the Nutcracker’s smushed gut. For 2015, may I present… the squashed snowman. Every. Single. Year. It took a lot longer this year, but sure enough, somebody had to go and mutilate the chocolate. What…
Garden Glow
Last night, we wandered through the Botanical Garden for the annual Garden Glow. And there is absolutely no way to do it justice. But I’ll share what I have. The spheres and trees in the reflection pools change color and were synced to music. But it even looked gorgeous in the dark. This is the second…
Holiday Lights Run
An unexpected addition to our calendars actually made it possible for me to cross an item off my winter “Travel in Place” list. Tonight we ran in a local running store’s “Holiday Lights Run” in the south part of the city, including…Candy Cane Lane! Before we even got to the famous street, we made our way through some other…
Oh, Come ON.
Apple, what are you doing to me here?? Don’t play a spot like this during a professional football game. Especially when I’m trying to appear interested in this sport in front of my sons. Oh, my feelers felt that one. I just bawled like a two-year old. In all seriousness, watch this video. With tissues. Well done, Apple. This…
From there to here…
“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” – Dr. Seuss I don’t know what it is lately, but there’s been a pattern of funny little things that have made me laugh. Take Murphy, for example. He liked my oatmeal so much he got his head stuck in the cup — and…
In no particular order…
…a mid-holiday season “small happiness” list. 1.) Egg nog 2.) Thick blankets 3.) Ginormous leaves that do not match up to a single tree along my running route 4.) Colorful Christmas lights that make running and driving at night so cheerful 5.) Looking ahead to lots of holiday plans 6.) Dogs. Especially dogs named Buddy. 7.) Christmas cards…
A(nother) Day in the Life
A little over a year ago, I completed a “day in the life” photo project — which meant taking at least one photo every hour all day long. As I said at the time, it’s not that my life is vaguely important or newsworthy enough to merit play-by-play documentation. Rather it is a much-needed exercise in awareness…
Nope.
“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.” — Miles Kington If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I completed my first mini-triathlon this past summer. If this sounds familiar, you also know that it was more than somewhat tough…
Before I die I want to ___________.
In spite of all of the gross headlines spewing from my hometown at present, Twitter can be such a goldmine. Today I found an article — seven TED talks to help us conjure up gratitude in time for Thanksgiving. One of the talks was called “Before I die I want to …” by Candy Chang, an…
Travel in Place
“To “travel in place” is to explore the deeper means of community, to understand how to grow a garden, grow food, what kind of tree grows outside your door, what the insects are and the name of that bird is that just flew by…. even if you’re in one place, you can still travel. We’re…
On Being Present
“Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.” Gotta say, this has been a busy week. Uncomfortably so. Not that that’s unusual; life ebbs and flows that way for all of us. But…
Today’s Post is Brought to You By…
…the number 10. I’m seriously thinking about putting together a book of these happy/inspired lists and using my photos as the art. These lists are everywhere, each offering something new and valuable. Anyway, today’s list is the “Pope’s 10 Tips for a Happier Life,” originally published here. 1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by…
Wednesday Wisdom
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Jimmy Choo and Other Delights
Do yourself a favor. When you have a chance, go to Rafael Mantesso’s Instagram page. Unfortunately, I’m not savvy enough to pull some of the photos from Instagram into my blog. But he has many photos other than that of his adorable bull terrier. So I pulled what I could from this article. Not only…
It’s Been 100 Days and…
Remember these guys from July?* They’re 100 days old and thriving!** How cool is that? Time to give these guys some names! *First photo: Reuters/China **Second photo: (AP Photo) CHINA OUT | AP
What a Wonderful World
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I headed to the west coast for a weekend adventure. Hello Kitty aside, I saw some truly wondrous things. Above was my view from the plane. It made my breath catch. Over and over, I heard Louis Armstrong on repeat as the soundtrack in my head: What a wonderful…
Yes, This Actually Happened.
So the first ever Hello Kitty Con was held in Los Angeles this weekend. And guess what? I went. I boarded a plane at 6:30 a.m. our time and was standing in line at the Geffen Building at the Museum of Contemporary Art by 9:30 a.m. LA time. The four-day event was was completely sold…
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