Fall Wardrobe Woes

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You know how it is.  You sort through boxes of clothing, pulling out the warmer, long-sleeved tops and corduroy pants.

tabby cat lounging in clothes closetYou look at outfits that you haven’t worn for over two years but you keep transferring them each season.  Although you don’t follow many trends, you figure that some are just not stylish any more.

You notice that some have suffered shrinkage after being pushed to one side of the closet or placed in that under-the-bed box. It’s an unexplained phenomenon.

They go to a bag for the local charity delivery.  There!  That feels better.

At least with the cooler temperatures of approaching autumn and (gasp!) winter, those pretty young women with firm, tanned limbs will have to cover up.  Rejoice, middle-aged women.  You regain an advantage by sharing your experience and wisdom in conversations with eligible men.  Although at this stage of life, you still need those sleeveless tops to cope with the occasional hot flash.

The Opinionated Tabby Cat is encouraging me to get some retail therapy.  I shall comply, discount coupons in hand and stored up with the energy required for sweaty changing room disappointments.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your wardrobe upgrade quests are successful.

T

 

 

Hotel’s ‘tip-the-housekeeper’ campaign draws ire from a public suffering tipping fatigue

My sisters and I encountered housekeeping tip envelopes when we stayed at Best Western in Quebec City this summer. Although we declined services during our three-day stay, some of us left a little something before checking out. I agree with some comments on this article that if someone is being paid to make sure your room is clean or that your food is served as ordered, intact and on time, why is there an expectation to tip? Tip fatigue indeed!

Forgiveness

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It’s one thing to forgive another’s transgressions – 

It’s another to FORGiVE oneself

for bad life choices,

preoccupation with past mistakes, 

those self doubts,

or regrets.

definition forgive

It has taken me years to forgive myself for not acting soon enough,

to lead the exodus of the innocents,

to expose a dark burden,

to shed an uncomfortable skin.  

When we travel the rough roads of this earthly existence, I think we experience and appreciate more moments of being alive.  I believe that it’s during the financial and emotional hardships that a spark of creativity ignites to nurture hope and an innate desire to connect with other souls.   

I am in the middle of being alive

BEing ALiVE

In The Year of the Rabbit, a novel about Fate, Family and Forgiveness, the readers share the joy, sadness and other emotions experienced by Father Gio and Sera Fletcher.  

I am Gio.  I am Sera.  Perhaps you are too. 

reader comment about sera in yotr novel

Thanks for dropping by.

T