Tuesday Truth. Number 67. Well hello there!! If I haven't already seen you in my first post of 2021, Five Years of Blogging, let me just say... Happy New Year! I considered recycling the Tuesday Truth I shared at the beginning of 2019, Tuesday Truth #16, because I love that one so much. However, there [...]
Five Years of Blogging. First off. Happy New Year!! Sometimes it seems so wild to me that I've been here sharing parts of my life for so long. Today, Bedlam and Daisies turn five years old! 5 years! In the scheme of a lifetime a part of me thinks that five years sounds short, but [...]
I'm sure that most of us would agree that 2020 has mostly been a sh*t show. People have been sick, lost loved ones, lost jobs, and struggled with mental health. The pandemic has changed the entire way we live and interact. And for many it's not the only thing that has created struggles this year. [...]
"All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen."-Roald Dahl, Matilda Reading in 2020. Wow! 2020 sure was full of unexpected twists and turns! What started off as a "full speed ahead" year for me quickly become a year of "slowing down." Who would have thought [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 66. So much wisdom packed into one sentence. And Rumi says it so beautifully. "If everything around you looks dark, look again, you may be the light." 2020 has been a strange and trying year, to say the least. So I thought for my final Truth for the year, I'd leave you [...]
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”-Jhumpa Lahiri That quote holds so much truth! In a year when travel has been nearly nonexistent, I have traveled around the world, backward and forward through time, visited places conceived only in the realms of deep imagination, and have immersed myself deeply [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 65. This past Friday was World Kindness Day. A day to focus on the positive power of kindness. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. I think every day should be World Kindness Day. Wouldn't it be amazing if we as a collective just decided to be [...]
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."-Joyce Carol Oates I've had quite a few distractions that have taken me away from reading. Haven't we all?! But I do like to accomplish a goal once it's been set. I mentioned last month that I [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 64. Sometimes it's hard. So hard. Life, I mean. It can be hard to keep your heart soft, to keep your temper in check, to always have a gentle touch. I am highly sensitive to the emotions in a space... in a room... in the world... and there are moments when I [...]
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot Reading 2020. I'm a bit behind in getting out my August reading post. If you've read my most recent post, Tuesday Truth #63, then you are already aware that [...]
