Tag: beauty

Bucks for Beauty?

Most days, when I think about it at all, I believe I won the Good Skin lottery. My grandmother never used a facial cream of any sort and, at her passing at age 96, her face wore only the normal road map of life experience. In her mid-70s, my mom is only just beginning to … Continue reading Bucks for Beauty?

Problem-Solving = Creativity

Today's guest post writer holds a special place in my life: mother-in-law, the wonderful woman who raised my Guy to be the creative, giving, thoughtful man I love. Her creativity impressed me from the first time we visited their family home. Something was always baking or cooking (all three of my guys drool for her … Continue reading Problem-Solving = Creativity

Fighting for Creative Space

[My blog went dark last week due to computer complications, so you get a bonus Create Challenge post this week--lucky you!] Today's post comes from a woman who grew up around the corner from my childhood home and yet I've never known her well. I'm a smidge older and, as kids tend to group up by age/grade, … Continue reading Fighting for Creative Space

Thankful Thursday – Hufflepuff & Blooms

So uncharacteristic, I began running about six weeks ago. Once-twice a week became two-three times a week became daily. Huh, I'm running! Not a runner, but running no less. About four weeks in I felt a funny coldness in my throat. Then a cough developed, non-productive, just annoying. Then I couldn't breath deeply - butterflies fluttered … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Hufflepuff & Blooms

The Most Amazing Gift

This Create Challenge began as a challenge to myself - and to all of us - to think outside the box on what it means to create, to be creators, to engage in creative activity. Because Life = creative activity. Because miracles abound in the mundane, the sacred infuses the secular, play does a happy … Continue reading The Most Amazing Gift

Leap of Faith

You know those people you esteem at a distance? Shirley is one of those women in my life. Our kids have traveled together through elementary school and now into middle school, but she has a daughter and I have a son and so our social overlap has lacked. Yet I have watched with deep respect as Shirley has invested in her passion and … Continue reading Leap of Faith

Thankful Thursday – A Poem & Pictures

In honor of International Women's Day on March 8th, here is a Maya Angelou poem interspersed with pictures of recent moments which made me feel grateful for this life. Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – A Poem & Pictures

En Plein Site

I am so in awe of people who paint (and sing and sculpt and create!) and people who invest in developing their creative gifts. Like my friend Laurie. The very thought of volunteering to paint school play backdrops makes me shudder but it led her to a passionate pursuit. Please welcome Laurie! Create Challenge Guest Post #4 … Continue reading En Plein Site

Create Beauty

Create Challenge Guest Post #2 - Mandi Diehl 2016 Wednesdays on this blog I will create a platform for friends to share their perspective on and experience of creativity. Today's guest post brought up a visceral memory for me: sneaking into my mom's bathroom, friend in tow, at about age 8. My mom's beauty cabinet beckoned with mystical glowing attraction. … Continue reading Create Beauty