What Would You Do With A Day?

Posted by Leslie Aug 29 2011, 9:46 am in reflections

What would you do if a day was gifted to you with no work hours, no appointments, no chores, no distractions–a day for you and you only.

What would you choose? 

Would you lie on your back on in the grass and stare at the sky through wavering leaves until the flickering patterns of sunlight made all the stress fade?

Would you wrap yourself in fleece, enfold yourself in comfort with your favorite fuzzy slippers and your well-worn pajamas, turn the pages of a beloved novel until you slip into another world and breathe to the cadence of the words?

Would you dress in cut-off denim, grab your picnic basket with small hands holding yours and race to the meadow where the trees bend back as if they cheer the kite to the heavens?

Would you drive to find remoteness, discover a bank overlooking the perfect spot, and drop in a line waiting for that nibble, waiting for the calm to overtake you?

Would you giggle, prance in ridiculousness, wear the purple flowered dress with an orange hat and pink knee high socks.  Would you?

 

 

You have this day.

Do it.

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Beneath the Surface

Posted by Leslie Aug 24 2011, 10:59 am in reflection

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The Writer’s Wall

Posted by Leslie Aug 22 2011, 9:44 am in writerly advice

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Reframing

Posted by Leslie Aug 15 2011, 11:09 am in viewpoint

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When Only Chocolatey Goodness Will Satisfy

Posted by Leslie Aug 12 2011, 8:00 am in recipe

There are some weeks when chocolately goodness is your only recourse. With nothing more complicated than stirring, boiling, and cracking eggs, I’m going to give you the secret to homemade gooey chocolate brownies . . . and you will never reach for a box mix again. Ingredients: DRY:  1  1/2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp [...]

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Plontser

Posted by Leslie Aug 8 2011, 9:10 am in writing

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Molly’s Greens

Posted by Leslie Aug 5 2011, 11:11 am in recipes

I’ve heard the comment made that Twitter is “just a promotional tool, after all how can you connect with real people in 140 characters or less?” I’m a firm believer in the adage:  you get out what you put in.  If your sole purpose is to promote, yes, Twitter is a promotional tool.  But if [...]

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Quizzing an Avid Reader

Posted by Leslie Aug 3 2011, 10:28 am in reflections

The “in-law” portion of your family is a package deal; one cannot get the man of her dreams without accepting the, shall-we-say, challenges of the relationships that come along with him.  Fortunately, my relationship with my in-laws has been easy . . . I’ve slid into the role as if I’ve always had these people in my [...]

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