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When a Child Becomes a King
This best shot is a Sun King Mirror, which we made during our visit to the art museum to see Great Expectations – Aristocratic Children in European Portraiture. To a real mom, the portraits of Louis XIII of France, Louis XIV of France, Charles I of England, and Charles II of Spain display a baffling era when children played a heavy role in the country’s kingdom, diplomacy and bloodline preservation. Girls were forced to marry and bear children at early ages to forge a protective bond between kingdoms. These children wore heavy robes, jewels, feathered gold-rimmed crowns and amulets, to protect them from harm. I’m sure these heavy garments…
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A letter to the Class of 1958
My Mother began telling me about you the summer before I enrolled in first grade at WLS. She was preparing me for what she knew would be “the best time of my life” at the place where I would meet the “best friends I would ever know.” She treasured her years with you, and these reunions were a sacred event she wouldn’t dream of missing. I doubt she expected not to make it here with you tonight; the night of your 50th. When she met many of you in 1946, back when you were known as either a red or a gray squirrel at the stone elementary building, you were…
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Remedies for Hay Fever
Natural remedies for hay fever, sinusitus, allergies. Natural Remedies include Chamomile Essential Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Eucalyptus, Thyme, Rosemary and Peppermint. Stinging Nettle, Quercetin and Homeopathic Remedies.
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They Say Yoga Keeps You Young
Yoga can “turn back the clock” my yoga teacher likes to say. So as I come to the end of my 45th year in this world, I look in the mirror to see what the last 12 years of my yoga practice has brought me. People tell me I look young, yet who’s to say what I would look like if I weren’t doing yoga? Who knows? Still, I may have overlooked something. There’s another vital factor in the youthfulness scale I never realized existed until now. I’ll show you what I mean. At the lake this past weekend, we were blasted with another 8 inches of snow. The next…
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Easter In the Snow
More snow came for Easter. I think the effect was quite beautiful. Thanks JC, for the Easter Bunny’s arrival.
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Never Trust A Skinny Cook
Nigella Lawson's famous curves make her beautiful, yet the food network directors try to hide her figure. Nigella smiles, even though her life has been laced with tragedy.
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You know you’re a Mom when…
Your latest fashion find is not Prada. Rather, it’s the last pair of waterproof boots of the season, in a toddler boy’s size 12, for $9.99. And, the entire time you’re driving home, all you can think about is how much his face will light up when you put his cozy little piggies inside of those new, warm, dry, boots. Of course, that smile didn’t come until after the requisite “fit” that they weren’t right, before I had him convinced that they were indeed Batman Boots. More Best Shot Mondays, here.
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Excuse me while my heart skips a beat
And this: And then, my heart stopped, and because now, he looks like this: And he reads, and in five months he will go to school all…day… long. And, he’s not even my baby.
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What REAL Toys Look Like
As a follow-up to my post, When Toys Become Real, Like Veleveteen, here’s a pictorial: This is how Woody arrives from the store… with the movie character’s name, Andy, already embossed on the bottom of the boot. After a few good months of love, this is what the other boot looks like:
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