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Fresh air and sunshine
by resolutewoman on March 29, 2018 in beauty, happiness
When we went to the Dallas Arboretum last week with our friends Sally and Charlie, Sally said, “Let’s go again next week.” So, we’re going to the arboretum again today. “Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat,” Laura Ingalls Wilder once said. Fresh air and sunshine—and flowers, of course! –Joy
Advice from nature
by resolutewoman on August 17, 2017 in advice, balance, beauty
“Wisdom branches from a tree,” suggests the Your True Nature company, which made my “Advice from a Lobster” t-shirt. And, here’s more advice from Your True Nature. • Inspiration flows from a stream. • The blueberry says: Be well-rounded. • The horse says: Be stable However, I like the advice “Wisdom branches from a tree” […]
Joy giving
by resolutewoman on July 22, 2017 in beauty, happiness
I recently saw 73 paintings and sculptures from The Phillips Collection at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth. Duncan Phillips collected art and opened the first museum of modern art in the United States because, he said, he was motivated by beauty. Beauty, he explained, “is joy giving and life enhancing.” –Joy
Pleasing and acceptable?
by resolutewoman on July 18, 2017 in beauty, courage, resolute-women
“This is what most girls are taught,” writes Roxane Gay in her book Hunger, “that we should be slender and small. We should not take up space. We should be seen and not heard, and, if we are seen, we should be pleasing to men, acceptable to society. And, most women know this, that we […]
Look for the flowers
by resolutewoman on June 17, 2017 in beauty
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Matisse once said.
The forces of nature
by resolutewoman on June 6, 2017 in beauty, peace
Near her art in an exhibit in Santa Fe, I read these words from Jill Rosean Tishman. “I see myself as a rather insignificant being surrounded by the forces of nature. I never paint as my eyes see, but rather what I feel as I view nature: the sun moving through a redwood forest becomes […]
The strength of our land
by resolutewoman on June 1, 2017 in beauty, wisdom
Near her art in an exhibit in Santa Fe, I read these words from AnaMaria Samaniego. “It is important to understand the strength of our land. To recognize its gifts, to cherish its beauty and to feel its soul.” Samaniego’s “Entre Por La Cocina” was part of a temporary exhibit of work from the New […]
The sky and the mountains
by resolutewoman on May 13, 2017 in beauty, peace
Whenever I go to New Mexico, I feel a little more relaxed, much more peaceful. I think my feelings have something to do with the immense sky, the lovely mountains, the stark beauty of the landscapes. But, I need to remind myself that I can feel that same peace when I notice the sky and […]
Look around you
by resolutewoman on May 11, 2017 in beauty, happiness
Often, when my friend Gaynelle and I are taking our morning walk, we are so busy walking and talking that we forget to look around and see the green grass and the May flowers that are blooming in our neighborhood. “Take time to look,” Georgia O’Keeffe once said. I found that quote recently in the […]
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