Creating Your Garden

Creating Your Garden

Gardens are not made by singing, “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade — Rudyard Kipling And neither are books, poems, paintings, sculptures, films, or any other creative endeavor. To bring forth a work of art, we have to get our bodies busy...
Unexpected Charm

Unexpected Charm

Charm is a product of the unexpected. — José Martí Often it’s an oddity that catches our eye or forces us to rethink all that we thought we knew about someone, someplace, or something. If, for example, you came to pick up your car and heard your gruff,...
Changing Perspective

Changing Perspective

The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own. — Doug Baldwin Every new experience gives us a new way of seeing the world so it’s important to play with your...
Romance and Glamour

Romance and Glamour

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. — Carolyn Gold Heilburn Romance is more than svelte dresses and well-fitted suits at a five star restaurant or rose petals and claw-foot tubs at a cozy bed and breakfast. A thermos...
What’s Left Behind

What’s Left Behind

Memory is the residue of thought. — Daniel T Willingham Things get left behind — in floods, storms, restaurants, relationships, and apartments — and everything left behind tells us a little bit about the people and events that went before. Write...