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Archive for March, 2006

Things That are…Lovely

Post II in the series, “Things that are…”. Please add to the list in the comments area.

“The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” -Richard Bach

Things That are Lovely…

  • Watching your children laugh…
  • Answering the knock at the door and opening it to an unexpected visit from a dear friend…
  • Sisters…
  • The tiny fingers of a small child grasping yours…
  • The scents in a chocolate shop…
  • Reconnecting…


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Countdown…80 Days Until Graduation!

Four years at Smith…as an adult woman, a single mother…bringing with me my provincial upbringing, my children, and my dreams. It’s been a long haul and graduation will be a quiet agonizing triumph.

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Things That are…Elegant

“Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

Things that are Elegant…

* The hands of a lover…
* A string of pearls…
* Bare slender birch trees…
* The tall Dutch gardener carefully tending his plants…
* Fingertips…
* Fighting entropy…
* Water flowing down a gentle slope…
* Miss Ellie Rothman…
* Tea served in delicate china…

Please add your own list in the comments area…

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