Summer’s Treasures, Little Pleasures, Happiness Can Be . . .

Another in my Walking, Wearing, Listening series, in which I talk about a podcast I listened to while walking in my neighbourhood . . . and I share photos of what I saw and what what I wore. This time, I’m summing up a podcast about a treasure hunt for the simple pleasures of summer. And I’m making a little list. Come join me? Click through to read more.

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Summers Gone, Summer’s Passing, Summer Now

I’ve been missing the remembered ease of Island summers past . . . feeling elegiac, melancholy, and very aware of time passing. At the same time, I’m wanting to make the most of the Summer I’m in right now, and set up some good practices or attitudes for future summers. After all, I’m not going to be 70 forever, right? Hah! Click through to read more — I’d love to know if any of my musings resonate with you. . . whatever your age.

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Monday Miscellany — Random Happy Things. . .

Top of To-Do List This Morning: Writing an email to my dental office expressing some dissatisfaction and hoping for some resolution. . .  Took me over an hour (so much deleting and re-wording, with some…

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Speaking Kindly to Ourselves. . .

First: I’ve posted my August reading on my reading blog, including a few titles I’m sure you’ll enjoy; I’d love to have you stop by and check it out. . . . Otherwise, though. . .…

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Who Ate The Figs?. . . And other sundry details . . .

And here’s the companion page, in my illustrated journal, to the Apple sketches I posted on Monday. Text on the left: The Brown Turkey figs are coming to the end of their season in their…

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