Giving Tuesday: Biannual Request for Donations
Those of you new to this site may not know that it is crowd funded.
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Topkapi Palace Museum, Cistern, Bazaar, and Harbor in Istanbul (Photos)
It was a wonderful but full day.
Our New Rug Came and is Installed
my home is warmed up with memories of our Morocco trip as we gallivant into the New Year.
150 Things to Do if You are Bored
All these ideas were swirling around in my thought with the desire to encourage you to wave your ennui goodbye and seize an opportunity that floats your boat.
Giving Tuesday: Biannual Request for Donations
Those of you new to this site may not know that it is crowd funded.
Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity (Happy Thanksgiving!)
On Thanksgiving, I usually wax on about gratitude and thankfulness, which I feel so much and so often, but this year I’m inspired to emphasize the giving part of the word Thanksgiving.
Recent Food Around Here (with Recipe Links)
Here are photos and recipe links to what we’ve been eating…
My New Year’s Resolution for 2024: Use What You Have
A Firm Foundation (pastel) by Polly Castor I have so much! And I find having a yearly theme a helpful focus, not as a hard, self flagellation reformation tool, but as a gentle, purposeful guide toward intended progress, with plenty of forgiveness and compassion thrown in. Besides, I know it is especially powerful to write … Read more
Book Challenge 2024 (A Totally New Approach)
I’ve heard from many of you and your feedback was helpful in radically changing our Reading Challenge this year.
Reading Challenge Summary for 2023 (with Review Links)
I read (or will finish) 65 books this year, which is very close to average for me.
Be Ruthless About What You Ignore (James Clear Quote)
You can only deeply commit to a few things. One or two? Maybe three?
Books of Sketchbook Examples (Sketchbook Ideas #10)
These are not how-to books, but rather inside cameos of what other artists have done in their sketchbooks and artist journals.