Today I am participating in the Movie Challenge Monday blog hop. This month’s movie inspiration is one of my favorite movie series. The Star Wars franchise has been a favorite of mine since I first saw it as a little girl. Yep, I am one of those grown up Star...
Creating art can be a great form of relaxation. My latest obsession has been to use stencil as a jumping off point for creating mandalas.In honor of Earth Day, the artists of the Sustainable Souls Project created projects using a stencil. The stencil was created for...
If it happens again, just go with it.Let the paint run. Let the ink splatter as it will. Ignore the stray pen mark. Stop worrying about spelling. Let the words flow from your mind and heart as you write that next blog post. Whatever the creative endeavor, understand...
Sometimes you are the one passing the spices and sometimes you are the one receiving them. It’s a common ritual as an expat. A bittersweet one. There is the excitement of knowing that you or a friend is moving onward to a new adventure. There is also the sadness...
I have talked about it off an on, but maybe not directly enough. We’re expats and we live a very minimalist lifestyle. Now there are a lot of images that come to mind for many people when I say that. Many of these images often include a very well manicured home...
Am I the lucky one? My philosophy on luck is probably a little bit different than most. In many ways, I equate luck with gratitude. It’s sort of a cup half empty versus cup half full scenario. You can choose to see the good in any situation and you can choose to...
