Tag Archives: beauty

the boy who crossed the street

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

Two days before a tantrum that would result in my bursting into tears, my kiddo stood on the edge of a curb and seemed afraid to cross the street. We  had practiced this a lot, and he’d never shown fear … Continue reading →

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The Twits

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

I was 8, or 9, or 10 when I read The Twits by Roald Dahl. I remember reading it aloud to my parents and laughing so hard we cried. My mom still remembers it, and we have an on-going reference … Continue reading →

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Can Beauty Save The World? I Hope So, But I Have My Doubts.

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

In response to my post Something Has Got To Be Better Than Nothing, Deb Nies, a writer I met through the Live Like Julia Project, said she tries to live by the phrase: bloom where you are planted: beautifying “my … Continue reading →

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Emptiness and Buzz Lightyear Shampoo

Posted on October 4, 2014 by

As you know from this post and this one, I live in a neighborhood with a generous scattering of poetry poles. Yesterday, I stopped to read a poem for the third or fourth time. I walk past this particular house … Continue reading →

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Erasing Beauty

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

“You can never assume that someone is ‘faking’ [a disability] or even that a stranger who doesn’t appear to be disabled isn’t suffering from chronic pain or something else that impairs their ability to do things that able-bodied people take … Continue reading →

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