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From My Bookshelf

What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? – Newbie Must-Have!

15 May 2022
I first saw What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? by Lisa Ellis on my Facebook timeline. Although I’ve taken down my professional FB page, I kept my personal one. Throughout…
Self-Help Whispering

Fear does not prevent death it prevents life – Author unknown but I could have said it myself

13 Apr 20224 May 2022
As I drove into the driveway last night after work, I looked up and saw my headlights illuminating a vine-y heart. I pulled out my phone and snapped this shot.…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Spring Cleaning

9 Apr 202210 Apr 2022
I have a lot to tell you today! First of all, I want to apologize for the vagueness of something I said in a post last week. (Link here -…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Mind blown

4 Apr 2022
The featured photo is of me, though I don’t know what part of me … … or where it was taken. I found it when I went to my phone’s…
From My Bookshelf

Being Joy – Unexpected Keeper!

20 Mar 2022
What happens when you’re looking for one book by an author, find another, and then find out it’s not even the same person at all? Being Joy is by Gloria…
From My Bookshelf

Life With a Sprinkle of Glitter – Who Needs Sparkles?

29 Jan 2022
"Happiness is not measured in size but in significance" - Louise Pentland (pg. 8) It's been a rough week for me. Several things were going on at the same time…
From My Bookshelf

Easy like Sunday – Oh, Pooh!

16 Jan 2022
What new thing can be said about a book known and loved by everyone I’ve ever met? Maybe this: ‘A gorgeous new collectible edition of the beloved classic, Winnie-the-Pooh, crafted as a…
Self-Help Whispering

Poetry: ‘Twas the day before…

24 Dec 2021
With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the day before Christmas, as I readied for workOur black-and-white Hannah was acting a jerkBiting into Bette's neck with her jaws of cat-steelHer eyes…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Touch of Summer”

10 Dec 2021
All the snow melted! lol Soooo Ontario! I saw this lovely little cottage (tool shed, she shed, he shed, kids playhouse?) on my travels and snapped a shot. It makes…
Photography…

Bio Moment – 21 Days

1 Dec 2021
It’s December 1st and that means 21 days until Winter Solstice. What does that mean? Daylight starts getting longer again! Also, here comes my birthday, Christmas, and the New Year!…
From My Bookshelf

The Universe Has Your Back – With parentheses & italics

16 Nov 2021
November 16, 2021 Speaking of the Universe... My reblog button is gone, gone, gone. Now I have to go old-school and reblog like we used to... by copy and pasting!…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy Like Sunday – Choosing my Word for 2022

14 Nov 2021
Since beginning this blog in late 2017, I have chosen a word to focus on for each of the following years: 2018: Year of Nurture 2019: Year of Water 2020:…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Crisp Day!”

22 Oct 2021
It’s a “toasty” 48 degrees out there… which is GORGEOUS but difficult on my lungs. They like hot, dry air! Not much of that around here… even in summer. But…
From My Bookshelf

Love, Medicine & Miracles – What took so long?

19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021
"People need to know they have an option. You can focus living in the present moment, or you can get wrapped up in the horrors of the future and let…
Photography

Picture of the Day – Interloper

16 Sep 2021
This beauty is sneaking through our back fence. Sneaky little plant! 😀
Photography

Picture of the Day – Fuzzy Butt

14 Sep 2021
I LOVE bees! They aren’t easy to capture but this shot is pretty good! Look at his antenna! So beautiful! 🐝💞🐝
From My Bookshelf

The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up – Set Your Alarm! Worth it!

1 Sep 2021
The name Enneagram comes from the Greek: Ennea is the Greek word for nine and Gramma means something that’s drawn or written. (Link) This book was sent to me to…
From My Bookshelf

Find Your Pleasure – A Professional Sensualist?

16 Aug 202116 Aug 2021
Every heard of a "professional sensualist"? Me, neither! Cynthia Loyst is a self-proclaimed one! Find Your Pleasure is about how we clunky humans fall into "pleasure deficits" - and let's…
Photography

Picture of the Day & Haiku – “Not Forgotten”

24 Jul 2021
Children, holding hands Once filled these steps with laughter Gone, not forgotten.
From My Bookshelf

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry -A Modern Spiritual Journey

7 Jul 20217 Jul 2021
July 7, 2021 Interesting reblog we have here. I have written 1096 posts since this gig began and the original post about this book is number three in popularity! It's…
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day – Summer Garden Decor

19 Jun 2021
From our walk this morning… we went up a new street!
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – French Women Don’t Get Fat

7 Jan 2021
Spoiler alert: “Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman’s secret.” Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don’t Get Fat  My youngest daughter loaned this book to me and…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – A gift from the man who holds my heart

19 Dec 2020
Happy birthday to me! My husband, the consummate, thoughty, gift-giver who has presented me with some beauts over the years. My gifts are usually deeply meaningful. This time, he went…
Photography

Picture of the Day & A goofy poem -“A Meeting of Flowers”

25 Aug 2020
A whole bunch of Susan's Black-eyed, they're called Decided together One and all. They gathered together And made a plan To sink their roots Into the land. By end of…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Finding Comfort

21 Apr 202021 Apr 2020
I'm working from home, just as many of you are... and sidenote: The number of essential workers is really so small -- and MIGHTY. Thank God for you!! ❤ I've…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“First Snow Day”

12 Nov 2019
We got walloped yesterday! I had to go out today and this was 15 minutes into cleaning my vehicle. Total time to clean it? 45 minutes. Remember, my hand is…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “Tree of Life”

24 Sep 2019
As Summer says goodbye...
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “I would, if I could”

19 Sep 2019
If I could spend my life on a boat, I would. Alas, I have a very temperamental stomach that says, "Try, if you will, but bring a barf bag. Ha!"…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “Falling for Saturday”

14 Sep 2019
Not THE famous falls in the region... but oh-so beautiful!
Photography…

BONUS Picture of the Day – “Learn from Hannah”

11 Sep 2019
Hannah, in her usual stressed-out (Ha!) pose, among her toys! This cat brings me so much JOY!!! She is hilarious!
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – What’s goin’ on?

5 Sep 20195 Sep 2019
Hi guys, (As an immediate aside, I once wrote that as a greeting on a sales-y email that was supposed to come across as casual - and would have in…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – QR Codes Kill Kittens

3 Sep 2019
Nobody wants to kill kittens. At least, nobody I know. And QR codes? Most people don’t even know what they are. QR Codes Kill Kittens by Scott Stratten caught my attention cuz… yeah, kittens.…
From My Bookshelf

The Couple’s Comfort Book – Where’s the beef?

12 Aug 20199 Oct 2019
The Couple's Comfort Book by Jennifer Louden may sound familiar to you. That's probably because I wrote about The Women's Comfort Book by the same author in January. This brings up two…
Interviews

Interview – Lorrie Goldman: Living the good life!

23 Jun 201923 Jun 2019
Every interview has been a learning experience for me and this one with Lorrie Goldman is no exception. You first heard about him here in my teaser. I knew he…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Father’s Day

16 Jun 201916 Jun 2019
Once upon a time, I fell in love with my father. Each year, the love grew, especially after I found out he chose me. I wasn't a surprise or mistake,…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Step one: Hair

25 Apr 201925 Apr 2019
The other day, I told you about my new beginning. Today, I took the first step! This is me without gray hair! New cut, new color! I have to tell…
Interviews

Interview – “KDP”: Kinship and a little bit of mystery

13 Apr 201913 Apr 2019
You first met "KDP" in my teaser here, though her name was Karen, which it still is, but she prefers KDP. Phew! The one thing that stands out immediately (and…
From My Bookshelf

You Don’t Look Your Age… and Other Fairy Tales – “This happened to me, learn from it!”

9 Apr 20199 Oct 2019
You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales by Sheila Nevins  is a book after my own heart. In fact, it could have been written by me. It wasn't! But it…
From My Bookshelf

Garden of Friendship – This makes me happy!

8 Apr 20199 Oct 2019
I remember the first time I shared with an artist friend about my love for the work of Thomas Kinkade. She said, "He's dime-a-dozen! Commercial, simplistic and cliché. Just awful." "Oh,"…
Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Karen: Close to You

7 Apr 201913 Apr 2019
Several weeks ago, a typical day at the office turned into an opportunity to meet someone from my tribe. I love when that kind of stuff happens, don't you? Now,…
From My Bookshelf

Ten Days to Self-Esteem – The water’s fine!

27 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
There's a reason I haven't written about Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David D. Burns, M.D. and a handful of other "workbooks"... I start them but don't finish any of 'em.…
From My Bookshelf

The Joys of Much Too Much – Can’t argue with that!

26 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
Does anyone else see the humor of The Joys of Much Too Much  being written by someone named "Fuller"? Bonnie Fuller, to be exact. This was another of my thrift shop buys.…

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