Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with exploring the concepts of pronoia (the belief that the universe is conspiring to shower us with blessings), quiety (serenity) and peace – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply delightful-to-me words. F is for…firgun. Firgun is an interesting word – an informal […]
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Today our abecedarium wanderings take us into the world of W. Given than August 26 is celebrated as Women’s Equality Day in the United States, that’s what I’m musing about today. Commemorating the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, Women’s Equality Day was proposed by […]
Continue reading »Sauntering through the month, we now find ourselves in the land of S. I was just reading a remark from someone who was bemused by the fact that food inspires so many words that mean a jumble, assortment, or heterogeneous mixture. The person goes on to mention a few such words, one of which I […]
Continue reading »Today’s page in my abecedarium plants us firmly in the land of Q. I am by nature a curious person. My days are filled with questions. But even deeper than that, I think my life is filled with intentional queries. A dictionary definition of query might include: “a question, especially one addressed to an official […]
Continue reading »Today the letter K has me musing about Klimt. I have a hard time imagining someone not loving his art. I suspect he was quite a fascinating man as well. Photographs and portraits of him certainly capture someone who looks intriguing. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897, which was a […]
Continue reading »Here we are ready to close out this old year and open the door to the new year. I love the Janus figure and always think about it as we’re about to step over this threshold. I believe it’s a good practice to send things off with a dose of love and gratitude. That’s how […]
Continue reading »Today in Reverb15 Kat McNally invites us to consider this prompt: “One of my daughter’s favourite books is the American classic Harold and the Purple Crayon. If you haven’t had the good fortune to come across it, it’s about a little lad called Harold, whose magical purple crayon enables him to create the world around […]
Continue reading »Today is International Women’s Day. Since its inception in the socialist movement in the early 1900s, this observation has blossomed into a day to recognize and celebrate women across the globe. I’ve always loved the expression “Women hold up half the sky.” Isn’t that image beautiful and evocative? Expansive and powerful? And for me it […]
Continue reading »Today I’m playing in Jenny Matlock’s Alphabe-Thursday – with this week’s invitation to blog about something beginning with the letter L. Given my great love of abecedariums*, how could I resist such a delightful prompt? This afternoon I had a lovely time creating Valentines and thinking about the people I love to celebrate and am […]
Continue reading »As the great seasonal wheel turns again, wishing you a most wonderful, light-filled, and very blessed Solstice. And today is the final day of Reverb 14. How did that happen? Much gratitude to Kat McNally for leading us gently through this time of reflection. Today Kat invites us to respond to the following: Today, I’d […]
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