Discover Wisdom and Poetry to Cultivate Your Garden for Daily Living!
It have found it difficult to find comfort and peace in my heart and brain during this turbulent time in our country. The way for me to remain healthy and deal with those feeling is to tend my gardens by planting new flowers, transplanting and dividing old plants, diffing up weeds, watering, and feeding all…
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Word Wednesday – “Gubbins”
“Gubbins” is my word for WordWednesday. • Noun: Brittish dialect for an object that has little or no value, a gadget or device, odds and ends, rubbish, and a silly person. • Usage: I think a “Gubbins” created this silly, but useful rubbish can. • Pronunciation – gəbə̇nz • During the Coronavirus quarantine I am…
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Taps Across America in Our Neighborhood!
Yesterday, our neighbors, who are Air Force Veterans, asked their daughter to play Taps at 3:00 PM. Jordan, our other neighbors, and I stopped whatever we were doing and went outside to stand on our front lawns to observe Taps across America. Taps was played twice, while we all stood at attention with our hands…
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Word Wednesday – “Refulgence”
“Refulgence” is my word for WordWednesday. • Noun: A brilliant, radiant or resplendent quality • Usage: The little girl’s “Refulgence” was splendid because of her face painting. • Pronunciation – rih-FULL-junss • The bride was a vision of “Refulgence” in her wedding gown. • When do you feel a sense of “Refulgence“ in your life?…
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Discover why a Smile is nature’s best antidote for trouble!
The “Stay at home” order because of the Coronavirus has given people more time to connect and re-connect with family members and friends. Last Wednesday, I enjoyed a Zoom call with a group “girls” I attended Frances Willard Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High School, and/or Oak Park River Forest High School with. It was a…
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Word Wednesday – “Flotsam”
“Flotsom” is my word for WordWednesday. • Noun: Floating debris, a floating population or castaways, miscellaneous or unimportant material • Usage: The photo sadly shows the Great Pacific Garbage Patches! • Pronunciation – FLAHT-sum • I believe that we need to diligently take care of Mother Earth and not create “Flotsom” in her gifts of water,…
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Brain Color Clues to help you comfort others and yourself during the Coronavirus!
Knowing how to comfort others and yourself, especially during the Cornoavirus, can be challenging. Yesterday, Jordan and I were 2 of 9 attendees at the funeral of our dear friend, and the talented illustrator of Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift, Len Birnbaum. It was challenging for those of us who are Blue Brainers not to…
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Honor your mother by understanding her personality!
Sunday, May 10th is Mother’s Day and what would have been my beloved mothers’ 103rd birthday. On the left is a picture of my mother and I wearing our fashionable Mother-Daughter dresses, which my mother designed and sewed. We are standing in our garden in 1948. My mother was 31 years old and I was…
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Word Wednesday – “Titivate”
“Titivate” is my word for WordWednesday. • Verb: To add some finishing touches to, enhance the value of something, or to make more efficient. Giving a face-lift or preen • Usage: When I was a little girl I loved to watch my mother “Titivate” her make-up. • Pronunciation – tidəˌvāt • Do you take the…
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What activity helps you feel “normal” and makes your Brain Color thrive?
My Blue Gardener Brain and Heart was thriving as I dug in the dirt for 1.5 days! I was grateful to feel “normal” by taking good care of myself and three of my gardens! I dug up weeds and made room for my perennials to grow and thrive like the lovely purple Hellebore plant, which…
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Word Wednesday – “Solecism”
“Solecism” is my word for WordWednesday. • Noun: 1. Deviating from the normal, accepted, or proper order 2. Ungrammatical combination of words 2. A minor blunder of speech 4. A lack of decorum or breach of etiquette • Usage: Sadly, we all are experiencing “Solecism” because of the Coronavirus. • Pronunciation – SAH-luh-siz-um • We all…
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Discover Brain Color Personality Tips to Help You and Your children Deal with the Challenges of E-Learning During the Coronavirus!
As an educator, I want share my Brain Color Personality Tips to help you understand how your children learn best; what attributes their teachers or you, as their “stay at home teachers,” teach them, including their school work; and how parents/guardians encourage their children during the Coronavirus and when we eventually live in our new…
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