You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Monday, October 11, 2010. When you wish upon a star. I wish I could blog, go for a run and cook dinner each night, all at the same time, all while enjoying precious time with my little munchkin, from whom I have been away from all day at work. I think I am going to need more stars. But, in all seriousness, I really do intend to pick up blogging again.

My passion for The Freshwater Circle, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, all things nineteenth-century, Victorian-era related! Monday, January 8, 2018. I am here to help spread the exciting news of an upcoming exhibition in the United Kingdom about the art works of Elizabeth Siddal known as Lizzie Siddal. Anyone who loves the Pre-Raphaelites will instantly know who she was. Wightwick Manor, National Trust.

Wroth, Burleson, Mansfield, Arlington,.