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

"Color is My Day-Long Obsession, Joy, and Torment" -Claude Monet

Preach, Claude, preach.

In the Flash

"Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the Summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day ... Make a wish and think of me."  -Robin Williams 

Let It Ring

 "The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free."

-Maya Angelou

Dress for Success

"What career matches your set of skills?"

One of the ways to get ahead in your career, they say, is to "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have," and friends, I think I've found where my dream wardrobe marries my dream job flawlessly.

In the 15th - 19th centuries, many wealthy people hired "garden hermits," who were real-life garden 'gnomes.'  They would dress like druids, live in a small shack in the garden, and offer wise counsel and guest entertainment.

I mean... 

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2023 Reading List

Whew, this year has been a whirlwind of absurdity, and still, I've somehow managed to stay connected with actual time.  

Huh?  What is she on about this time??

So, I do this thing (it started in the last ten years or so) where my head-time, or the time of year it feels like to me doesn't match with chronological time, or the page on the calendar.  Like ... We'll all be in October, doing October-y things, but my head will still be back in April, or somewhere.  This year however, for the first time in a very long time, my head and calendar seem to be on the same page.  I'll admit, May is getting a bit away from me, I mean here we are with June just around the corner, and I'm feeling a little April-y about it all, but I think I can sync up in the next few days, and put things right again.  

Marching On

Viva la Revolución

With the close of 2022 came the Pantone "forecast" announcement of the new Color of the Year for 2023.  Now ... If you're new around here, you may not be familiar with my Pantone gripe.  The good news is, you can read more about it over here.  The, uhm, other news is that you will very quickly discover how wordy I am.  I'd apologize, but honestly?  I clearly needed to get all of that off my chest, like, it can't be healthy to hold that much animosity for the color equivalent of groundhog's day -- A harmless holiday(?) that means nothing, but also kind of something..?

Pssst ... Don't Forget

“Life was meant to be experienced—fall in love. Leave your hometown. Read all the books. Buy the vinyl. Go back to school. Sleep with who you want. Book the flight. Pick up a new hobby. Write more letters. Send that text. Take all the selfies.

Live this life, lovingly.”

-Joél Leon

HNY 2023

 

Word of the year: звільнений (zvil'nenyy), Liberated