Delight in ordinary things.
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"Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be."
--Samuel Johnson
Many people confuse luxury with opulence. To understand luxury you must look at the true sense of the word...
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Wednesday
Cookery: A Useful Accomplishment...Or How to Eat a Giant Zucchini
" ' Lounging and larking don't pay,' observed Jo, shaking her head.
'I'm tired of it and mean to go to work at something right off.'
'Suppose you learn plain cooking; that's a useful accomplishment,
which no [one] should be without,' said Mrs. March."
--Louisa Mae Alcott, Little Women
I was practicing the art of cookery today and wanted to share the results of making use of just one of those super~sized zucchini I had mentioned HERE (bought from the farm stand, 3 for $1).
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Monday
"Potential Accomplishments" and the Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List
"All things on earth point home in old October...." --Thomas Wolfe
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As you probably already have guessed, I am a list~maker and leave very little to memory. In fact, the only thing I really leave to memory is where I put my lists! I've found that lists are an invaluable tool for staying focused. My memory is on overload most of the time so I especially love the idea of a Master List of Potential Accomplishments and have long used this tactic to unburden myself mentally.
I firmly believe there is a kind of a natural magic in list~making. The very act of writing out your potential accomplishments sends a message to your central nervous system and consequently you find yourself doing the very things you want to get done! CLICK HERE TO READ FULL POST.