LET'S GO!

photo by Carmela Nava

It's Fall!  This first weekend of October is one of my absolute favorites.  Makes me want to happy dance, like this (what, you think I can't??):



                              

Principle in the type:  "One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients ... simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience."      George Sand

                                                                                            Happy Weekend, Peep

LIVIN'

photo by aaron vazquez

Mind if I linger a pinch more on previous topics?  Because the news is Dolly's next up at the Hollywood Bowl, and, I, just, have such an itchin' to go!  Stay tuned. 



                                        

Principle in the type:  "Being true to our authentic self requires continual effort to increase our light, knowledge, and understanding."     Ronald A. Rasband  

                                                                                                 Happy weekend, Loves!

WADDLE IMPROVED

photo by Craig Murphy

Okay, the Craigslist sold printer story left a sour taste in your mouth, right?  I know.  Let's leave on a high note regarding printers, okay?  What if printers can make wittle ducky feet?  Feel better?  
Using a 3D printer, Wisconsin middle school teacher Jason Jischke and his class, took "six weeks of trial and error," but were able to make prosthetic feet just right, for a duck that had lost its feet to frostbite.     story      

Principle in the type:  "You are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago."      Unknown

MIRROR IMAGE

photo by Kristin Dos Santos

On fatherhood, actor John Krasinski says it has changed him. "There is a mirror that is held up to me now.  You have someone watching you.  You have to lead by example.  I'm focused on becoming a better person . . . "  story           

Principle in the type:  "The things you say, the tone of your voice, the anger or calm of your words—these things are noticed by your children and by others. They see and learn both the kind and the unkind things we say or do.  Nothing exposes our true selves more than how we treat one another in the home."         Joseph B. Wirthlin. 

YES NOT NO

photo by Disney / ABC Television Group

Television producer, writer, actress and general bigwig Shonda Rhimes wrote a book, Year Of Yes, inspired from"her habit of saying no to 'scary' opportunities," she told People magazine.  "Doing something you're afraid of makes it stop being something you're afraid of," shared Rhimes.    story    

Principle in the type:  "Fairy tales are more than true:  not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."    Neil Gaiman

WOOL THERAPY

photo by Lukas Koster

"A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland," may have been shorn for the first time in his life!  About 89 pounds of wool was collected from the sheep, named Chris, said Tammy ven Dange, a representative of the local Australian animal society.    story              ----Hey, is there any baggage you care to shed?  

Principle in the type:  "There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's yourself."      Aldous Huxley