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Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest," 1959. Now THAT was a really bad day! I’m having “one of those days” today. Nothing serious. Just lots of little things right after another. I know that in another couple of days, I won’t even remember today being “one of those days.” I’m getting up . . . → Read More: Ever Have “One of Those Days?” Dear Friends, I was hoping that I’d be able to drop a line last week while I was in Tucson, AZ, but we were so busy, I didn’t have time! I’ll admit that I was a little nervous about going to Tucson just a few days after the assassination attempt on U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords . . . → Read More: A Visit to Tucson Dear Friends, I’ve been reading a book that my mother gave to me for Christmas and love it so much that I have to tell you about it. The Kitchen Linens Book: Using, Sharing, and Cherishing the Fabrics of Our Daily Lives is like a wonderful visit with author EllynAnne Geisel as she shares the . . . → Read More: Kitchen Linens Book Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. ~ Alfred Armand Montapert, 1967 I’ve never been one for New Year’s Resolutions. Too often they seem grandiose. Instead, I prefer the coaching practice of creating 90 . . . → Read More: ‘Tis the Season for Resolutions When I lived on the other side of the country from my family, I would break into tears at every rendition of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” We didn’t have a lot of money and there was a five year period where we didn’t come home to California at all (family members visited us in . . . → Read More: She’ll Be Home For Christmas I am grateful for… The right to vote. With the United States Constitution being waved about during this political season, it is well to remember that it’s only been 90 years since The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. It is also important to remember that it was a hard fought victory. I . . . → Read More: I Am Grateful For…. Calendar towel image courtesy of Sharon's Antiques at http://www.rickrack.com/ Some rambling thoughts on a Tuesday morning… I caught myself looking at the calendar before going to bed last night. Now, I know, looking at the calendar isn’t really that unusual but I was counting the weeks until this semester is over. I counted out . . . → Read More: Only Eight More Weeks At the beginning of the week, I posted a video about people looking down on teachers when, in fact, they should be recognizing that teachers make a profound difference in people’s lives. Since making the commitment to be a modern retro woman and see myself as a homemaker first, I have been amazed by the . . . → Read More: What I Make Let’s begin by defining an ideal homemaker. An ideal is something for which we strive. It is our standard of perfection and excellence. An ideal, or a goal, is like the North Star which guides the mariners at sea. Although they never reach the North Star, it keeps them charting their course in the right . . . → Read More: Drop-In Ready Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. ~Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame
Cypress Gardens Kodachrome Slide courtesy of http://www.shorpy.com Lately I’ve been pondering what it means to live life in fabulous Technicolor. I don’t think it is coincidental that there is a desire to replicate a . . . → Read More: Live, Live, LIVE! |
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