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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Beauty NOW…or, When I look back, will I wish I had done more dishes?
A mentor once told me about the wise person who had observed that when most people look back over their lives, they rarely wish they had cleaned the house more, or done more dishes. No, most people treasure the meaningful … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Art, art gallery, Beauty, Creativity, culture, Dance, Goethe, Inspiration, Joshua Bell, Music, Pearls before Breakfast, public art, sunrise, The Washington Post, violin
1 Comment
My hair smells like pumpkin bread–Recipe Included…
….Included for the yummy pumpkin bread, that is. (But baking the bread may result in the scented hair :)). Yes, indeedy, once autumn rolls in on a carpet of jewel-toned leaves, I seem to bake and cook pumpkin and butternut squash … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Inspiration, Soulful
Tagged autumn, baking, bread, Food, food gifts, Inspiration, pumpkin, recipe
6 Comments
A sense of possibility, or why I’m still dancing solo in public from here to Wisconsin (Flashmob of 1 continues)
I was most nervous dancing in the cavernous rest area outside of Chicago. Did you know that rest areas there are called “oases?” Love that! And they’re built over the highway, so you gaze out over the torrent of cars … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Appleton, Art, Beauty, bucket list, Chicago, Creativity, farmers' market, Goethe, hotel lobby, Inspiration, modern dance, oasis, possibility and expansiveness, public art, Travel, Wisconsin
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What am I doing dancing solo in front of all these people in highway rest areas?
Flashmob of 1: dancing my way across America continues. The adventure was excellent, a recent and now ongoing entry on my bucket list. Still, there were definitely moments when I was asking myself whether I could do this. Looking back, … Continue reading
Flashmob of 1: Dancing my way across America
Scene: A highway rest area/food pavilion somewhere outside of Youngstown, Ohio; early evening in late October. Enter: me and my flashmobsolo idea. It all started early in the morning as we began our road trip from Connecticut to Wisconsin. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Beauty, cars, Chicago, Creativity, Dance, fast food chains, Inspiration, Ohio, public art, rest areas, road trip, Starbuck's, Travel, Wisconsin, youngstown ohio
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One Grateful ArtistDancerPerson
Wow. Words cannot adequately express how unspeakably glorious that super-hot shower felt after rehearsal tonight. Truly. Thank you. Which gets me to thinking about all there is to be grateful for with my dancing/life/art. After straining various body parts in … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Beauty, bloggers, Creativity, Dance, dancing life, hot showers, hot water, Inspiration, liquid heat, Music
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I’m A Kid in a Candy Store (Recipe Included)
Literally. Here at the magical Hot Chocolate Sparrow in Orleans, Cape Cod, I’m alternately grinning and slack-jawed as I gaze around in drooling delight. Savoring the luscious atmosphere rich with chocolate, sugar, and joy. Think I’m being shallow? Well, read … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged baking, Beauty, Candy, Cape Cod, Chocolate, chocolate offerings, cookies, dessert, Food, Generosity, Hot Chocolate Sparrow, Inspiration, Kindness, recipe, yum yum yum
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Happy!
Are you? Thanks to Kellie’s recommendation, I’m back to feeling more of the good vibrations after watching the cool, intriguing and inspiring documentary, “Happy.” And I’m pumped to pass on what some of you may already know. (By the way, … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
Tagged "Happy", compassion, documentary, film, flow state, good neighbors, good vibrations, gratitude, Inspiration, Kindness, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Surfing
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ABUNDANT Kindness
Ever notice how much people all around are struggling? Maybe it’s something simple, like the person in the parking lot who spills his groceries in the rain. Or, a pregnant stranger who turns out to be a neighbor, is shaking … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged baking, Beauty, cookies, Inspiration, Kindness, new mom, rough patches, rudder, Santa Claus, Santa Hat, William Wordsworth
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Can I Dance Your Life?
What would a dance inspired by you look like? That’s what I’ll be answering in a new dance project for people like you–or not like you. Through movement, I’m aiming to capture an essence of someone or someone’s life. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Choreography, clay, Creative Process, Creativity, Dance, faraway friend, Inspiration, intuition, Ocean
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