I guess you could say my dad was the inspiration for this post about avocado toast. But before I tell you about that, I have to interrupt myself to say I just inadvertently made a rhyme—“inspiration for this post about avocado toast.” My mom would have said right now, “She’s a poet and don’t know…
I was this many years old when I found out that a group of zebras is called a dazzle! How cool is that! If ever there was an inspirational word for a group of animals, a dazzle of zebras would be it! A dazzling dazzle of zebras. Or maybe you would be more inspired to…
Just look at that face! Isn’t he the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Meet Watson the Brave. He inspires me just by being who he is and navigating fearlessly through the world seeing only with his heart. He is actually our granddoggie—he belongs to our daughter, but when she went to Australia for medical school…
Harold knocked on the door of the parsonage behind the church and handed this note to the preacher, my dad: “I’m deaf and I need an interpreter for church.” “My daughter can do it—she knows sign language,” wrote my dad in optimistic response. Never mind that I knew a grand total of maybe 100 signs…
I hear this saying, “You are enough,” see it in memes, and read about it. And I believe it, but maybe not in the way it is usually presented. It is definitely an affirming inspirational saying. I don’t believe I have to be more, do more, say more, try more in order to be accepted…
I don’t always wear feather boas and fascinators—but when I do I post it to my blog! Welcome! I was hoping you’d stop by! Come on in and sit a spell while we talk about these, those, and the other things that inspire us to be more creative, kind, joyous, relaxed, hopeful, peaceful, and loving…