tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204062912012-01-25T11:30:31.442-07:00artwork, photos, rants, raves, revues, experiments, doodles, more photos, pills of wisdom and other miscellaneaalbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00126344698236214226noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406291.post-88994331981444349322012-01-17T10:01:00.000-07:002012-01-17T10:01:43.093-07:00

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Last weekend (plus): playing with friends in Chicago – walking through the streets, glorious food, tall buildings, inventive cocktails, quirky shops, more food, and more walking, The Art Institute, magical evening lights, yummy baked goods, silly dares, moon over the lake, diversity, window-shopping, L-rides, more walking, more food, more drinks... going home. Sigh.  *We were lucky to catch

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January is always feels like an exhale to me... understandable after the holidays. At the same time, I often ponder in January: now what? All that is new and shiny and full of potential can turn into an incredible downer with the taste of expectation hang-over in your mouth if you don't watch it. Oh, yes, it happened before. Still, I am optimistic. My first week was short on adventures (still

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I have decided to continue with Tuesday Postcards in 2012: my sometime thematic, sometime random, sometime old, sometime current photos -- from trips to far places, or places that are right around the corner. Once a week. Every Tuesday. 52 weeks. landscapes under my feet 2011, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

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Did you start your year with a bang or a whisper?  My year started with some much needed downtime. I am learning that you don't need a week to truly replenish your well of well-being, but you need dedicated time to do it. Yesterday I took a day off. I slept. I went swimming (I use the term loosely). I spent time in the sauna, melting away some of the holidays indulgences. I had tea. I read a

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  Best wishes of joy, good health, creativity,  self-actualization, love, and happiness in 2012! For a few years now, at the beginning of the year, I pick an inspirational quote (or two) that become my meditation, a theme of sorts, a point of departure, something that I reflect on through the year. I stopped making resolutions a while back, because my expectations of

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