Color Me Surprised!

Honestly, how are we at the end of January already???  I'd also like an answer for why this month has simultaneously felt like the longest, and shortest of my entire life ... Where's Mr. Owl when we need him?  

One question we are not lacking an answer to, however, is what our color overlords have chosen as 2024's color of the year.  If you're not new around here, you already know each December the Pantone Color Institute selects a color to represent the vibe of the upcoming year ... And then they make sure of it by all of the licensing deals they make across all areas of commerce to ensure the color of the year is used on products that make it into our grubby little paws, one way or another.  You also know I have a couple opinions about this ... I'll let you torture yourself with my color screeds at your own pace, if you so choose.  

Vast and Brilliant

Word of the Year: Boundless

Hop in Dork!

We've got a new year to get to!

Better Late Than Never?

I think that depends entirely on who you ask, but for anyone eagerly anticipating my bi-annual color gripefest, the wait is finally over.  Let's get into it!

Merry Christmas!

 

Few things bring me more joy throughout the holiday season than my neighbor's baby blue spruce all dressed up in its party clothes.  This certainly isn't the biggest display on the block, and it's not even the biggest tree on the parcel, it's just some little dude in the corner of the flower bed, donning a single string of old fashioned lights, with a pointy glass topper -- just a tiny showcase on a sleepy street that gives me a reason to pause and take in the splendor of the moment, and I absolutely love him.

Wishing you all a season full of love, and wonder, and joy.

 

Full Of It

"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."

-John Burroughs, Winter Sunshine

The Calling

 

24/7

"May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right."

-Peter Marshall