Halloween 2013

Awaken to the magic of this day
Biggest decision of the day... which Broom?
"Catman and Rodent" by Sue Gager Palmer
Diviniation : predicting fortunes and Dreams hold special significance today
Elizabeth will be dressing as "John Egbert" 
From Homestuck, of course
Go to Google today - so worth it :)
I don’t know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids. ~Robert Brault
Joseph Conrad : "There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery."
Ken inspires me every day without even Knowing it

Love the underlying message of this holiday we call Halloween

Now we make room for November in our hearts...
One need not be a chamber to be haunted...The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. ~Emily Dickinson
Peanuts CLASSIC!

Queen Elizabeth - Halloween 2007

Ready for the magic?
Start sweepin'
‘Tis now the very witching time of night / When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out / Contagion to this world. ~William Shakespeare 
Unearth the
Very best in you today
 eXactly 16
Years ago today...
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Sunday Signs became "Wednesday Words" :)

Bakasana "Crow" pose
Choosing yoga, Choosing life!
Drishti : focused gaze, is a means for developing concentrated intention.  
Efficacy : the power to produce a desired result or effect
Flummoxed : confused p. 104
Gloves for Elizabeth
Handstands at yoga class
Innocuous trunk p. 92


Keep the insanity AWAY
“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance." ~ Tara Brach
Mizzle of fog p. 92
N
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Play the Pause: "pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal" ~ Tara Brach
Quiet
Radical Acceptance
Utanasana
V
Wednesday words
X
"You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing 'no thing,' and simply notice what you are experiencing.” ― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance

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Tuesday's Treat... "Unusable Words"

Auto-antonym : a word that is its own opposite, making them almost unusable. Click here for a glossary of auto-antonym, many of which I have used below.
Buckle : to secure, tighten, hold (by fastening), to collapse after being acted upon by an external force
Cleave : unify or sever—the butcher’s wife cleaves to the butcher, who cleaves the cow’s carcass
Dusting : When dusting furniture, this means "to remove dust from"; but when "a dusting of snow", it means to apply a small amount
Enjoin : encourage or prohibit
Fix can mean either "to mend" or it can mean "to break," as in "I'll fix you".
Garnish : With food, the verb means "to add to"; with wages, it means "to take from".
Handicap in golf is an advantage, but generally though of as a disadvantage or disability
Impassionate : Strongly affected or Without passion or feeling.
Junk-food : need I say more?
Keep updating as I learn more...
Let : allow or, as in the legal phrase “let or hindrance,” obstruct
Mosey : can mean to move quickly or to move leisurely
Now it is Wednesday afternoon - so... time to post!!
Overlook : oversee or fail to notice - or a scenic overlook
Pitch : [idiomatic] To discard. Also, to promote. example: "Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan" is ambiguous, though the "promote" meaning is intended.

Sanction can mean imports are either approved goods or contraband.
Table can mean either to raise an issue for discussion, or to lay an issue aside and discontinue discussion.
Unshelled as in "The eggs were unshelled", which can mean "The eggs had not been removed from their shells" or "The eggs were removed from their shells" (someone unshelled them). 
Vault can refer to either a small locked box, or the expanse of the heavens.



Inspired by : UNUSABLE WORDS BY 

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M is for... Monday!

Apple pie
Bites for Breakfast - 2 weeks ago, which is when I Began Building this post...



Each day is another opportunity to learn ...
Felt a little sad, but also Feeling
Grateful because my kid knows I am a safe place to be real

“I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.”  ~ Oliver, Mary 
"Journey Jeopardized" ~ Antoinette Dickson
Ken loves John O'Donohue's poetry, and so do I. Click on the image below and you can see why...
"Listening involves patience, openness, and the desire to understand." ~ Steven Covey
Marianne Williamson is running for Congress!
New beginnings
Opportunities for growth
Pondering
Questions
Regarding everything
Toes
Understanding is at the heart
Valerie Easton
Wiggle your toes
Yoga and Creativity
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Reading a new book etc...



Ascendancy :  governing or controlling interest
Bellicose :  inclined to start quarrels or wars
Compendium :  a brief summary of a larger work or field of knowledge
Denizens : a person permitted to residence in a foreign country
Explorers Elucidate
Furious passion
Galling : markedly irritating, Gelid eyes : extremely cold
Havoc: a situation in which there is much destruction or confusion
Inflorescence : A characteristic arrangement of flowers on a stem.

Kew Gardens, Kopecks
Licentiousness : no regard for accepted rules or standards.
Magnus : from the Latin "great"
"Not everything has an answer" p.60
Orchardist, Orangery, Opulent
Profligacy : wildly extravagant
Quechua people of Peru
Renumeration vs. Remuneration saw one in an e-mail and read the other in my new book.
Salubrious : making good health possible or likely
Thwarted, Truculent : easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue
Umbel : an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels)
Veritable alluvial bed of potential growth
Words I heard or read in the last few days and decided to write down, and in some cases, look up :)
"veXed,
frothY, and breathless" p.92, a very interesting turning point in the book
Zax : A tool similar to a hatchet, used for cutting and dressing roofing slates. Thanks, Gail
Zoea : a larval form of certain crustaceans having a spiny carapace and rudimentary limbs on the abdomen and thorax. Thanks, Sue
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T is for Touch

Inspired by "The ABCs of Touch" by Writers Write
I decided to select one word from each letter and highlight it in my own way.
  • Ample : enough or more than enough; plentiful.
  • Bendable: I get it from my Mommy xoxox
  • Carved : 

  • Doughy: my personal favorite nickname for the Pillsbury doughboy :)
  • Etched: impressed, delineated, or imprinted clearly
  • Frothy Favorite 

  • Gossamer, as in wings
  • Hard, as in Hard Candy Christmas, another "oldie but goodies" :)
  • Inscribed
     
  • Jagged, better than Jaded
  • Knitted
  • Layered : like an onion, or a parfait ;)
  • Mosaic : as in "life's great mosaic" which always reminds me of Mark Biddle
  • Neat
  • Ornamented
  • Pliable Pencils
  • Quiet touch
  • Ragged Rug
  • Sandy always makes me think of the beach, especially Sandy Point, Stonginton, CT
  • Tweedy
  • Unyielding
  • Velvety
  • Warm heart
  • eXudes love
  • Yielding : giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid.
  • Zigzag was often how I felt about our feelings for each other when I was married
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26 reasons to be grateful for this day...

Barbara St. John Parks, the most recent friend who lost her battle with cancer
Christine Marciano Law went through hell, but is now cancer free, thank God!
Everyone knows someone and is affected in some way.
Ed Swab...
Friends and loved ones such as
George's lovely wife, Kim
Happening way too fast and way too often
I often think of this beloved friend, Lou Rosser, and miss her still
"Jen was diagnosed with breast cancer"
Kirsten Holmstedt: Author, friend, survivor 
"Loves the One and Only Thing" by Willie Nelson


"One Friend" by  Dan Seals   
"Passed away from complications of the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma" ~ Wikipedia about Dan Seals
Quest for a cure
Reconstruction
Sisters in hope, Mother and daughters
Urling Hathaway Sylvia : friends from elementary school reconnected on Facebook
Vulnerability, Vitality, and Vivaciousness
Women of
eXtreme substance
You ALL ROCK!!!

Zach Sobiech : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDC97j6lfyc

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Weekend recap October 19,20,21, 2013

 and...
Bacon
Creativity
Delving into words and memories, and words about memories


Fat and Fluffy omelet for breakfast
Giggles and a Great yoga class
Heron at the Meredith lake
I Invite myself to let go of whatever does not serve me
Just the negativity goes
Keeping Kindness
Misty is going nuts for the squirrels ;)
Now, Nicole Krauss' The History of Love
Oliver, Mary : “I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” 
Playing the Pause 
Quirky Quiet Quest
Rest
Streisand on YouTube: 
"Take me home to my heart" ~ "Shattered" by Trading Yesterday
Woke at my usual time
Yoga with my kid, and Kathryn Clark
Zloty : the basic monetary unit of Poland p. 11  
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Warning... I cannot be held responsible...

for cravings that may result from reading this blog post...
A few of the many ABCs of why I love living so close to Trader Joe's

Asparagus roasted for just a few minutes with olive oil and sea salt
Butternut squash souffle
Chocolate Cheddar Cheese! it's really good
Dark chocolate nutty bits - yum!
Emmental and Parmesan cheese on my ...
French style flatbread
Ground cumin for the next batch of chili
Halloween treats
I don't particularly like shopping, but I do love to "browse" at this store
Joe Joe's Halloween cookies
Kindness
Lemon Loaf for dessert
More shopping today. This time Target
Now she is at the movie with her dad
Osmanthus and other fall flowering hedges made me smile on our walk today
Picked up ParaNorman for us to enjoy together
Quiet afternoon to contemplate the passing of a childhood friend
Risotto being served was so delicious I just HAD to buy some of that too.
Spelt Risotto with vegetables and chickpeas
Tea Tree Tingle shampoo, conditioner and body
Ultimately, pampering does help the most
Vivacious
Walked with my puppy
eXercise is so good for the soul, and now I can eat more :)
Yum!
I finally bought myself a new can opener, and it's purple! 
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The week in review...

Balance
Celebrate Chaturanga? sure, why not
Discombobulated
Enjoyed a "Black Twig" apple outside... 
Fresh Fall apples
Glimpse of tonight's full moon, this morning :)
Highly recommend eating your fresh fall apples outside
Invite breath
John brought me apples 
Kerry's Birthday

Morass: : a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes 
Need to say learn when to say "No"
"Open to life pose" - One of my favorite asanas

Quiet time...


Sues' Birthday - yes, the apostrophe IS in the right place. Sue Gager Palmer and Sue Law Mitchell
Thankful for both of them, born on the same day, one one year apart
Utkatasana "awkward chair pose"

Vamoose
Yummy Yoga stretches
Zillion thanks
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October 15, 2013

written by Anita from Zen to Zany
Bit worried about my teenager, But I must trust, Because...
Doing homework now
"Emotionally Exhausted"
Free
Growing
Healthy
"I'm writing" said with an Inflection like no other
"Jacqui" the teacher at school is nothing like Jackie, the Mom
Ken, the uncle, is supportive, and so is Gram, but they are many miles away...
Likes to explore ideas, writing and drawing
New ideas in a brand New world, but...
Old soul
"Puppy Love"
Quiet times in the apartment that was home? for one year
Resting and Relaxing, but...
Still Struggling with Spanish
Thinks I'm "cuckoo bananas"
Unique
Vibrant, when she wants to be
Walking Dead marathon
eXcited about many things. The Fault in Our Stars being made into a movie, for eXample.

Zen to Zany seems to fit us so perfectly
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