Tipsy Tuesday…Wine: A Vindication

Tipsy Tuesday…Wine: A Vindication

Tipsy Tuesday: Wine: A Vindication That’s right! This is the day! Tipsy Tuesday is back. In last month’s edition of Tipsy Tuesday, we highlighted a poem by Chinese poet Li Qingzhao called Intoxicated Under the Shadow of Flowers and you all loved it! This...

The Color Wheel… The Royalty of Blue

Lovers of Blue -Your deepest need is to find inner peace and truth, to live your life according to your own ideals and beliefs without having to change your inflexible viewpoint of life to satisfy others. Today’s color wheel was inspired by the beauty of the...
#TipsyTuesday… Intoxicated Under the Shadow of Flowers

#TipsyTuesday… Intoxicated Under the Shadow of Flowers

Intoxicated Under the Shadow of Flowers  is a poem by a Chinese poet from the Song Dynasty… Li Qingzhao.  In the following poem, she shares her feelings on the way wine makes her feel. What a fantastic way to unwind after experiencing a long day of everything,...
The Color Wheel… Silver Mysticism

The Color Wheel… Silver Mysticism

I have a fascination with silver, a color that walks the fine line between gray and white. It intrigues me even more than its royal competitor… gold. Maybe it’s because  silver makes bold statements, without trying. Stands out in a crowd without being...
Trees Against the Sky… a Poem

Trees Against the Sky… a Poem

Pines against the sky, Pluming the purple hill; Pines . . . and I wonder why, Heart, you quicken and thrill? Wistful heart of a boy, Fill with a strange sweet joy, Lifting to Heaven nigh – Pines against the sky. Palms against the sky, Failing the hot, hard blue;...
Belong to the Ocean

Belong to the Ocean

There is a place in this world where we all belong Where we can be as free as the wind and as reckless as the waves We could sleep on the sand and walk the shores Where the water will love us and we will care for it Where we can swim forever into the depths of the sea...