I am ready. I have been waiting for cooler days and colorful trees, but I am not ready for Christmas decorations—not yet! However, they are appearing—already—in my neighborhood. Let’s pause for a week or so and enjoy autumn and Thanksgiving before we jump into the Christmas season. –Joy
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My colorful tree
by resolutewoman on November 14, 2023 in beauty, change
Today when I turned the corner onto my street after my morning walk, I noticed a tall, beautiful tree with leaves that are turning red. Then, I realized that the tree is our tree—in our front yard! I was delighted. “At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough,” Toni Morrison once said. “You […]
November spins
by resolutewoman on November 11, 2023 in beauty, change
Margaret Rose once wrote: November is a spinner Spinning in the mist, Weaving such a lovely web Of gold and amethyst.
Autumn leaves
by resolutewoman on November 7, 2023 in beauty, change, Uncategorized
It’s still 80 degrees in Dallas on November 7, 2023, but I have seen a few autumn leaves. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” Emily Bronte once said. –Joy
Peaceful and vengeful
by resolutewoman on October 31, 2023 in change, peace, Uncategorized
A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about his feelings. He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, angry and violent. The other wolf is peaceful, loving and compassionate. I found this short story in the book The Way of Peace–Readings for a […]
Washington’s wish for peace
by resolutewoman on October 24, 2023 in change, peace, Uncategorized
“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,” George Washington once said.
Noise
by resolutewoman on October 21, 2023 in change, resolute-women, sexism, Uncategorized
Panchita, Isabel Allende’s mother, once said, “Everything can be handled elegantly and without noise.” Isabel disagreed. “There’s no feminism without noise,” she writes. I just read Allende’s book The Soul of a Woman. Some of the book is very interesting, and some of it is not so interesting. –Joy
Do something
by resolutewoman on September 26, 2023 in change, character
“If you’re just talking, you’re whining,” Teddy Roosevelt once said. A great quote. I read it somewhere and wrote it down. But, according to Google, Teddy Roosevelt didn’t say it. Also, according to Google, Teddy Roosevelt did not say: “Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is called whining.” –Joy
Welcome autumn
by resolutewoman on September 23, 2023 in change
In his book Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury writes, “And, then, quite suddenly, summer was over.” Douglas, one of the boys in the book, remembers: “June dawns, July noons, August evenings over, finished, done and gone forever with only the sense of it all left here in his head.” I remember moments of summer, but I […]
Good-bye summer
by resolutewoman on September 21, 2023 in change, happiness, Uncategorized
It’s almost autumn. I hope you have had a summer like the one Ray Bradbury describes in his book Dandelion Wine. A summer “where flowers were suns and fiery spots of sky strewn through the woodland. Birds flickered like skipping stones across the vast inverted pond of heaven.” I hope you’ve had a summer with […]
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