“All good things are wild and free,” Thoreau once said.
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Good things in the world
by resolutewoman on November 12, 2019 in confidence, happiness, holidays, Uncategorized
“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world,” Vincent van Gogh once said.
Caring for themselves
by resolutewoman on November 9, 2019 in balance, friends
While she was in the White House, Michelle Obama invited 12 or so of her closest friends to spend the weekend with her at Camp David every two or three months. ”We were all so used to sacrificing for our kids, our spouses and our work. I had learned through my years of trying to […]
My friends make me whole
by resolutewoman on November 7, 2019 in friends
“My friends made me whole, as they always have and always will. They gave me a life when I felt down or frustrated,” Michelle Obama wrote in her book Becoming.
Small kindnesses
by resolutewoman on November 5, 2019 in book, friends, kindness
While she was in the White House, Michelle Obama invited 12 or so of her closest friends to spend the weekend with her at Camp David every two or three months. “Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built on a thousand small kindnesses….swapped back and forth and over again,” Obama wrote […]
Adventures and stories
by resolutewoman on November 2, 2019 in adventures, balance, Uncategorized
“Fill your life with adventures, not things. Then, you’ll have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” I found that quote last weekend at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. –Joy
Bookworms
by resolutewoman on October 31, 2019 in book, holidays
For Halloween, I would like to be a bookworm and curl up on the couch with a book or two. In Austin at the Texas Book Festival on October 26-27, I saw a girl with a t-shirt that declared, “Bookworms become butterflies!” –Joy
Three women in Central Park
by resolutewoman on October 29, 2019 in change, resolute-women, Uncategorized
Central Park has had 22 statues of men, but not one statue honoring the accomplishments of women. Soon, though, statues of three women will be added—Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth. That’s good news.
The world’s wide gift
by resolutewoman on October 26, 2019 in beauty, Joy
“Stretch out your hand and take the world’s wide gift of joy and beauty,” Corinne Roosevelt Robinson once said.
Books are the journey
by resolutewoman on October 24, 2019 in adventures, book, Uncategorized
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home,” Anna Quindlen once said. This weekend, I’m going on a journey to the Texas State Book Festival, where I’ll hear Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham and Malcolm Gladwell speak. Last year, 50,000 people […]
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