Here comes a new year. What am I to do with it? When I was working I always moved forward and progressed by setting goals. I had a great system to ensure the goals were met or even exceeded. Since… Read more
General
Have Yourself a Merry …
Happy Hanukkah; Merry Christmas; Joyeaux Noel; Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, Laethanta saoire sona; frohe Weihnachten; Happy Holidays, Joyous Kwanzaa; and more. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light. Next year all our troubles will be out… Read more
A Little Beauty
viewing
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” Michel de Montaigne
A Story
morning has broken
The best things happen in the morning. Yet some days, morning bucks you off like a wild bronco. My philosophy is to embrace it all because the rough rides give life to important lessons. Every morning I set out either… Read more
Print Your Photos
Photographs as gifts
Print your photos. Give them to people you like. Holding a physical photograph I have taken is always an incredibly rewarding experience. There are times when I literally gasp in delight when I see some of my photographs in print…. Read more
A Story
journeyman morning person
I’m a journeyman morning person, with a variety of life skills, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification throughout the decades of my life. Recently when thinking about how I’ve always loved mornings and how the first part of… Read more
Books Diane Recommends
thoughts on a novel
A novel I recently finished certainly has challenged my thoughts and feelings about addiction. When a novel can make a person reconsider how they view a certain aspect of life, I’d consider that author triumphant in her quest. Before I… Read more
A Little Beauty
November
November. The month of darker evenings, cooler nights, and barer trees. Fall Song Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in the shadows, unmattering back from the particular island of this… Read more