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80 Words Beginning with the Letter “C” (Part 2)…

28 Saturday May 2011

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© Lauren DiMarco and “Cat”

Although it was difficult to restrict the list to just 80 words, here is Part 2 of my favorite words beginning with the letter “C”…

41. Chivalry
42. Chocolate
43. Chopstick
44. Chutney
45. Cinema
46. Circus
47. Citrus
48. Chalk
49. Chapel
50. Charity
51. Chromosome
52. Chickadee
53. Chinese
54. Cinnamon
55. Cityscape
56. Clandestine
57. Clay
58. Cloque
59. Coastal
60. Cochlear
61. Coffee
62. Cognac
63. Congeal
64. Coniferous
65. Constellation
66. Cornflower
67. Cornucopia
68. Corvette
69. Courageous
70. Cranberry
71. Crater
72. Cream
73. Crepe
74. Crewel
75. Cricoid
76. Crinoline
77. Crocus
78. Croissant
79. Crystalline
80. Custard

Beautiful Eyes…

10 Thursday Feb 2011

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© Moja Ma’at

The stars try to imitate the glitter in your eyes
But fail helplessly and cry for your sight
To pacify my heart which pounds and weep
To see you till its last beat.
from The Glitter in Your Eyes – C. N. Premkumar

This Valentine’s Day take a moment to behold your lover’s beautiful eyes.

Model – Erin Leeper
Photographer – Moja Ma’at

Skipping Stones…

31 Monday Jan 2011

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© Joan Currie

I don’t know if I can do this alone
Oh after all our sweet love is flown
I’ve been a running
I’ve been skipping like a stone
And I don’t know if I
I  can do this all alone.
Amos Lee (Skipping Stone)

I have finally mastered the art of skipping stones. I used to think that the secret lay in the selection of the perfect flat stone (and perhaps the speed the stone is thrown), but I have come to discover that it is the angle of release that matters – the optimal angle that keeps the stone rotating in and out of the water several times before finally sinking below the surface.

It turns out, as well, that the stones do not have to be perfectly flat to be considered good skippers. Combing the beaches and shorelines for the best-shaped stones all these years has been for naught.

It is interesting that a tiny adjustment in technique was all that was required to achieve skipping success, and I wondered if I might apply the same principle to other, more important, areas of my life. It may make all the difference.

Pagan Purple: 54 Beautiful Words Beginning with the Letter “P” (Part 2)…

26 Wednesday Jan 2011

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© Novi Angelomio

Part 2 of my favorite words that begin with “P” …

28. Poetry
29. Pastel
30. Parasol
31. Pirouette
32. Primordial
33. Peony
34. Peacock
35. Promise
36. Pensamiento (means thought in Spanish)
37. Paprika
38. Pizazz
39. Panache
40. Parisan
41. Pulsação (means pulsation in Portuguese)
42. Parchment
43. Papaya
44. Perspective
45. Pink
46. Princess
47. Precious
48. правда (“pravda,” means truth in Russian)
49. Peppermint
50. Paraphernalia
51. Paradox
52. Paradise
53. Popsicle
54. Passion

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Pagan Purple: 54 Beautiful Words Starting with the Letter “P”…

25 Tuesday Jan 2011

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© Carly Larsson

I love reading and using beautiful words. Below is a list I have compiled beginning with the letter “P.”

1.  Pagan
2.  Purple
3.  Phosphorescence
4.  Persimmon
5.  Periwinkle
6.  Pas de deux
7.  Prism
8.  Peony
9.  Pianissimo
10. Pashmina
11. Pearl
12. Pristine
13. Porcelain
14. Portuguese
15. Palette
16. Pleasure
17. Pure
18. Petrified
19. Papillon
20. Provocative
21. Pleasure
22. Positive
23. Paradigm
24. Parachute
25. Provocative
26. Piquant
27. Pirate

To be continued…

Model: Lauren Currie

101 Ways to Add More Beauty to Your Life – Part 3…

23 Sunday Jan 2011

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© Joan Currie - Stanford University

Continued…

68. Take a class at an art, architecture, or design school.
69. Skip a stone.
70. Sing a camp fire song.
71. Send good wishes to someone in ill health.
72. Take a self-portrait.
73. Hug your loved ones.
74. Sing in the car.
75. Watch a fountain.
76. Look up the origin of words.
77. Greet passersby with a hello and a smile.
78. Post children’s art in your home – you may even rediscover your own schoolwork.
79. Reconnect with a former classmate.
80. Attend birthday parties.
81. Learn how to snowshoe.
82. Fly high in a hot air balloon, glider, or small plane.
83. Teach a child how to bake a cake.
84. Give a massage.
85. Have a picnic.
86. Watch all Academy Award Best Picture nominees for the current year.
87. Indulge in a bubble bath.
88. Sleep under an eiderdown.
89. Use fabric napkins.
90. Attend book readings at your local bookstore or library.
91. Host a family celebration.
92. Become a possibilities thinker.
93. Watch a moonrise or eclipse.
94. Assist someone who is disabled.
95. Grow a vegetable or herb from seed.
96. Watch Cirque du Soleil.
97. Try yoga.
98. Perform an act of courage.
99.  Roast marshmallows over an open fire.
100. Become the person you always wanted to be.
101. Wish upon a star!

I would love to know what you would add to this list!

101 Ways to Add More Beauty to Your Life – Part 2…

23 Sunday Jan 2011

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© Lydia Hudgens

Continued...

34. Travel to a foreign land.
35. Buy flowers from a farmers market.
36. Stargaze.
37. Create a family tree.
38. Taste exotic fruit.
39. Buy a painting from an art school.
40. Make a cat purr.
41. Learn a few phrases in a foreign language.
42. Visit a cathedral with stained glass windows.
43. Watch a sunrise.
44. Read to a child.
45. Learn to play a musical instrument.
46. Ride a horse.
47. Laugh out loud.
48. Snuggle.
49. Wear your best watch or jewelry.
50. Cry at movies.
51. Display your treasures and collections.
52. Listen to Puccini, Tchaikovsky, or Chopin.
53. Wear cowboy boots.
54. Ride in a fast boat.
55. Watch Masterpiece Theater.
56. Notice your city or town’s architecture.
57. Say “Yes” more often.
58. Listen to a new music genre.
59. Learn a limerick.
60. Buy fine cotton or silk sheets.
61. Write with a different color ink.
62. Visit a National Forest.
63. Buy or make new sofa cushions.
64. Learn to skin and/or scuba dive.
65. Greet your baristas by name.
66. Buy balloons.
67. Believe in miracles.

To be continued…

103 Ways to Add More Beauty to Your Life…

22 Saturday Jan 2011

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© Joan Currie - Capitola State Beach

Part 1.

1.  Watch a sunset – see the green flash.
2.  Admire rainbows, jet streams, and beautiful cloud formations.
3.  Look through a kaleidoscope.
4.  Use your “good” china and silverware.
5.  Take a road trip.
6.  Decorate a birthday cake.
7.  Blow bubbles in the sunlight.
8.  Examine a postage stamp, dollar bill, or coin through a magnifying glass.
9.  Buy a bird feeder or bird bath.
10. Walk in the woods.
11. Drive in a convertible with the top down.
12. Visit a planetarium, aquarium. or zoo.
13. Learn calligraphy.
14. Hold a baby.
15. Place photos of you and your loved ones at your happiest around your home.
16. Go to the ballet, opera, or theatre.
17. Create a secret garden.
18. Learn to dance the cha cha, tango, samba, waltz, or swing.
19. Read poetry.
20. Spend time with an octogenarian, nonagenarian, or centenarian.
21. Wear something red.
22. Light candles.
23. Ride a zip line, climb a wall, or jump on a trampoline.
24. Make a snow angel.
25. Visit an art museum or gallery.
26. Play catch with a dog.
27. Doodle.
28. Watch fireworks.
29. Paint one wall in your home your favorite color.
30. Volunteer.
31. Buy a couple of goldfish.
32. Forgive past wrongs.
33. Say “I love you!” more often.

To be continued…

Looking inside: Nautilus…

15 Saturday Jan 2011

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© Joan Currie

The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.  ~Julien Green

My mother has an impressive shell collection from her travels around the globe. My favorite shell is the Nautilus, half of which is pictured above. I like the way its mother-of-pearl, chambered interior is surprisingly far more beautiful than its exterior.

I started thinking about my other favorite things that also have lovelier insides such as; pomegranates and exotic fruits, amethyst and agate geodes, stalactite and glow worm caves, chestnuts, bees’ nests, eggs, secret gardens, coral reefs, cathedrals with stained glass windows, kaleidoscopes and telescopes, Russian dolls, and jewelry and music boxes.

I know many people, too, who on first meeting may appear gruff or cantankerous, but are really among the sweetest and gentlest people with hearts of gold once you get to know them.