Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.
– Melissa Brown, Picturing Perfect

Today, I’ll be soaking dry cannellini beans in spring water. After they plump, I’ll cook a hearty and creamy soup. Except, a couple beans will be planted on my windowsill. There, I’ll watch to see what kind of beanstalks grow.

This holiday season has been incredibly beautiful in Pittsburgh. Record snowfalls keep creating fairytale wonderlands.  In one form or another, I hope the same for you. [Keep in mind Neil Gaiman’s words from Coraline. “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”]

Blessings and best wishes for a new year of sunlit and lovely places where all the good you can imagine grows.

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Love Lots!

“In A Heartbeat,” a first crush.   Click here to view 4-minute video.

1. “Love is a friendship set to music.” ~ Shakespeare ?? 
2. “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  ??
3. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.“ ~ Taylor Swift ??
4. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” ~ Noah Calhoun ??

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Five versions of my “Before All Else” Illustrated Wisdom art have been created with Adobe Photoshop. See them in upcoming posts. Support and encourage Succeed and Soar. Purchase the art as prints, ready-to-display canvas or framed from my galleries.

Consider starting a journal for the new year.  Check Sandra’s Card Shop. More covers will be added this week.

 

 

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