Posted on Jun 30, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
Blogs aren't like books. There is no width of paper that equals a whole. No two halves to hold in your two separate hands... measuring with your fingers how far away you are from the beginning and how close you are to the end. With blogs, one day the posts just stop showing up. Today is my last page here.
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Posted on Jun 29, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
Twenty-Two Quotation Tuesdays, and yikes! This is the final one, and I picked a favorite quote to remind us how time flies.
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Posted on Jun 28, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
Hey, Happy Monday! And time has really flown -- we're coming up on my last few days as Good Mood Blogger. June 30th will be my last post! But I'll save the sentimentality and sappy good-bye's for Wednesday. ; )
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Posted on Jun 25, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
This was the first official week of summer... so how's it going so far for you?
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Posted on Jun 24, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
I saw a morning show segment where Bobbie Thomas made old toothbrushes into bangle bracelets. Apparently you can do this by just boiling the toothbrushes until the plastic gets soft and them shaping them into a bracelet and adding decorations. I was surprised when the finished product didn't just look like an old bent toothbrush. I think I might try it next time I'm done with a toothbrush. And when I shop for a new one, I'll be looking for one with a nice clear glittery plastic handle.
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Posted on Jun 17, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
I'm not a huge sports fan. I like watching games where I know someone playing... things like junior high football or backyard badminton. I also like going to baseball games but that's mostly because I like any excuse to sit outdoors in the spring and summer, and I like the noise of a bat hitting a ball.
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Posted on Jun 16, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
When I first read this week's Tuesday quote, I had a "duh" moments, which is the opposite of a light-bulb moment. (In a light-bulb moment you realize you've just had a wonderful idea. Instead a "duh" moment is when you realize there is something very obvious that it took you until now to understand.)
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Posted on Jun 07, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
The benefits of simplicity have been a between-the-lines recurring theme in my blogs over the past several months.
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Posted on Jun 04, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
There is a picture I saw yesterday that I can't get out of my head: it's a photo of a baby bird coated in thick brown oil, standing defeated and confused... not understanding the weight holding him to the ground. He's dying.
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Posted on May 28, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
If you live in a free country and your life isn't in constant danger from widespread violence, you're incredibly lucky. I know it seems very removed to us here, but freedom and safety are complete unknowns to a huge percentage of the world's population. What you see on the news is just a peek into everyday horrific reality for entire populations.
"Count your blessings" has usually been a suggestion made to those who need to stop feeling sorry for themselves, or see the positive side to a situation. But lately, for me, counting my blessings has been a huge source of motivation.
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Posted on Feb 03, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
To all the Valentine's grinches out there who refuse to celebrate the holiday on grounds that it's been manufactured by greeting card companies and corporate candy factories to just make money, I have an idea for you. Don't buy greeting cards and candy made by a huge corporations. Instead make someone's Valentine's Day by giving them something sweet and homemade.
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Posted on Jun 22, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
This Quotation Tuesday is a 2-for-1 special. I found these two quotes floating around loose in the world, and decided they would make nice bookends for a day.
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Posted on May 13, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
As a kid, the only appealing thing to me about witches was the way they would make crazy concoctions in their kettles, knowing just how much of this and that to put in the mix. The riding brooms was cool too, but only in theory. In practice, riding the broom seemed like it would mostly be dangerous and painful.
This is probably why I like making soup.
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Posted on Apr 26, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
As adults, we pay attention to our moods because we're aware of how moods affect our work, our relationships, and pretty much every other aspect of life. But our fascination with mood starts way before we start worrying about our professional success and emotional satisfaction.
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Posted on Mar 17, 2010 by
Brigitte Dale
Here's a little crash-course on how to become a lucky person, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!
I just stumbled upon an article describing (in detail and based on psychological studies) how to make yourself into "one of the lucky ones." The article is 6 years old, but I'm thinking the secrets to becoming a human luck factory should be pretty timeless.
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