International Day of Peace is observed each year on September 21. The United Nations General Assembly declares this day as one devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and people. Specifically for 2017 the theme is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” It’s true we can […]
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Some days I wake up and feel like there is so much to say. Not superficial stuff, but heart thoughts that don’t often follow a straight path. For me that’s always the best path – I am a meanderer following my curiosity, always willing to be listen to the whisperings of inspiration. Today begins a […]
Continue reading »While we’re weeks away from the official calendar start to autumn here, for me there is no denying the whispers and foreshadowing of those days ahead. It seems earlier to me than usual, but then again, nothing about this year or the accustomed timeline of how things unfold has felt “normal” this year. On the […]
Continue reading »Although I don’t like to think of time as speeding by quite so quickly to be bringing us to the ending days of August already, the fact that it IS the last Friday of the month is something to celebrate. It’s time for promoting positive news via We Are the World Blogfest. It delights me […]
Continue reading »Today, August 12 is World Elephant Day, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants. There are so many factors endangering the elephant populations, including habitat loss due primarily to deforestation; human-elephant conflict because elephants now must share habitat with humans; and mistreatment in captivity. But by far the greatest danger is due […]
Continue reading »I’m filing this, my ninth entry in the 100 Untimed Books challenge under prompt #71 – Zero Tolerance. The Hundred Dresses, written by Eleanor Estes and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, is a children’s book published in 1944 and has been in continuous print since. Which I suspect says a great deal both about the quality of the story, […]
Continue reading »This being the last Friday of the month, it’s time for promoting positive news via We Are the World Blogfest. I like to think of us as ambassadors highlighting little pockets of love and light for others to celebrate as well. The special lead co-hosts for this month are: Simon Falk, Roshan Radhakrishnan, Inderpreet Uppal, […]
Continue reading »is for zinnia Zinnias are popular garden flowers because they come in a wide range of flower colors and shapes, and they can withstand hot summer temperatures, and are easy to grow from seeds. A curious alternate name for them is youth and old age, and frankly I’ve never come upon a reasonable […]
Continue reading »is for ylang-ylang. Ylang-ylang is a large tropical evergreen tree which likely originated in Indonesia and is now widely grown in Malaysia and the Philippines. It bears aromatic yellow flowers that are the source of an important and fragrant essential oil and also much used in perfumery. It is sometimes known as the […]
Continue reading »is for xylo Meant to be used in the formation of compound words, xylo means wood. X words are hard enough to find, and one relating to this abecedarium’s theme of flora is no exception. I’m not going to combine xylo with anything, but rather embrace it boldly as the wood it […]
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Deborah Weber
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