From the category archives:

Arts

Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream is another great film that I discovered while living in Paris in addition to Until the End of the World. Wow, do I love this film.  The soundtrack is also amazing with Iggy Pop. Johnny Depp is such a genius and makes amazing choices in his career is all I have to say [...]

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Butterfly Dreams

A comment came in on my Home Page from volunteer at TEDxAsheville who said: just wanted to let you know that your talk was GREAT! Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I swear I’m not some woo-woo crazy Asheville hippie, but I wanted to share a dream I had last night. Doc Hendley gave [...]

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Until the End of the World

One of my favorite movies is Until the End of the World by Wim Wenders. Unfortunately we don’t always get to see great films like this in the states. You have to seek them out. I was living in Paris when I had the pleasure of discovering this film. And of course, where there is [...]

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The Majestic Plastic Bag

I discovered this article today on Twitter via a post by TypeMicah (thank you!) Jeremy Irons narrates a mocumentary about the life of a plastic bag and its journey to the ‘Pacific garbage patch’. It was produced by campaign group Heal the Bay – lobbying for a ban on plastic bags in California Brilliant!  Please [...]

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Smile!

Smile! I was recently invited to take part in the Portrait Project to help Smile Train – a portrait project designed to help children around the world smile!  Thought I’d share some of the fun ones.  Let me know if they make you smile!  Make a comment about smiling while you’re smiling. Here is the [...]

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Ode to Black Rock City

Assumptions and judgments can keep you from things you love – that you didn’t even know you loved! For years I was told about this elusive Burning Man and for years I avoided it due to the rumors that it was a bunch of naked hippies having sex with each other in tents. No thanks, [...]

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So You Think You Can Write ~ 7 ways to get started and keep going

Writing can be a hassle, a pleasure and daunting all at once for those who take it up.  I know some writers who are paid gobs of money and who hate writing so much that they fill up their days with all kinds of procrastinations until at last, it’s time to go to bed and [...]

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