I’m searching for the perfect, authentic life for me. For several years, I was a part of a 12-step Alanon group meeting weekly. At the end of the meeting, after either taking turns talking about the selected topic or to review what was happening in our lives, we would stand in a circle and hold [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Life’
I Am
Posted in 50 something, Addiction, Culture, Life, Media, Personal, Recovery, Thoughts, Writing, behavior, consciousness, perception, thinking, tagged Life, Reflection on Saturday, November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ruffles
Posted in Art, Collage, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Life, Photography, Photos, Stevie Nicks, tagged Fashion, Life, Photography, Photos on Saturday, September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love ruffles on skirts, curtains, flowers, and chips. I’ve selected examples of fashionable ruffles circa the 1700s through 2008 off the Internet and from my personal collection for this week’s collage. Ruffles just seem to add that little extra flirtiness and fun to every day life.
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Curlers Partie Deux
Posted in Beauty, Collage, Culture, Entertainment, Life, Photos, tagged Beauty, Culture, Life on Friday, August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to Web site Hair Dressing “The ancient Egyptians practiced curling hair with wooden sticks and mud. First they wrapped the hair with a layer of mud from hot springs around sticks. Then they dried the mud wrapped hair in the sun and later removed it … the mud had an alkaline chemical makeup [...]
Curlers
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Life, Music, Stevie Nicks, behavior, self improvement, tagged Entertainment, Life, Stevie Nicks on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stevie Nicks, my continued source of inspiration, turns 60 in a couple days. I am just a few years behind her and have spent the last 30+ years listening to her songs, experiencing live concert performances solo and with others, i.e. Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty, watching videos, TV specials, and voraciously reading everything online [...]
Food Smarts
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Food, Health, Personal, Recovery, Smoking, behavior, change, habit, perception, self improvement, winds of change, tagged Addiction, Diet, Health, Life, Recovery on Saturday, April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So now that I am a nonsmoker of seven months, it has come to my attention that I have gained a little weight. Well, it wasn’t quite an epiphany … it’s just been sort of growing on me (excuse the pun). I understand some weight gain is normal when quitting various addictions so I [...]
Seven Smober Smarts
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Recovery, list, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seven months smoke-free now, yay me! I attribute this success to the persistence of medical professionals who never gave up on encouraging me to quit and continually providing me with the latest tools and information on quitting. For example, my doctor provided me the prescription last year for the new medication Chantix (Champix in Canada) [...]
No Nicotine Please
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Recovery, Smoking, change, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Sunday, September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New manicure and pearls, no more nicotine! Today, my second day not smoking, seems a bit more challenging than yesterday, however I am surrendered to the fact that the price for freedom from this addiction is feeling like this sometimes. I am fortunate in having a strong support group in life and Internet communities. There [...]
CHANTIX for Quitting Smoking
Posted in Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery, Smoking, behavior, change, perception, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Monday, September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am on day four of a new attempt at quitting smoking. I have smoked cigarettes for 35 years off and on. I used to joke “the easiest thing in the world is to quit smoking … the hardest thing is to not start again.” Well, I don’t want to joke around about this subject [...]
Going Digital
Posted in Culture, Photography, Photos, Technology, change, tagged Digital, Hobby, Life, Photography on Monday, August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just purchased my first digital camera, and here is my first picture. My 35mm and 110 cameras just aren’t as convenient any more … and isn’t that what digital is all about? Convenience? I plan on having some fun with this new toy as soon as I am no longer afraid of it.
To help [...]
Winds of Change Series
Posted in Addiction, behavior, change, consciousness, habit, list, perception, self improvement, thinking, winds of change, tagged Life, Recovery on Saturday, August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We create a picture of our reality constructed by our own thoughts. Our senses take in stimuli that give meaning to our thinking. Our thinking creates our perception. We need to understand thoughts are just thoughts, perceptions are just perceptions, and our view of reality may or may not be accurate. Our thoughts and perceptions [...]
