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We Chose You!
If we were having coffee today on this lovely Valentine’s Day, I would ask you to sit down for a few moments while I tell you the true story of how love conquered fear and loneliness and expanded our family. I dusted this post off out of the archives for just this very moment. LOVE. Nothing…
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Game Time!
Got time for a game? Our leisure time should include games! Have you ever played Boggle? It is a fast-paced word game where players pick out words working against the clock. When my daughters were much younger and my mom was still able to travel, we would gather around the dining table and play several…
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Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge–Week 11: Rust
If you have not heard of this weekly photo challenge, definitely check it out! This challenge comes from Hugh’s News and Views. This week’s theme is rust. I took this photo of my old, rusty, Aztec-inspired metal sun attached to a shed in my backyard. He’s literally hanging in there! Rust is created when…
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Vibrant Villa Gate
Today I hit the photo challenge jackpot! This photo taken in Los Barriles, Baja, Mexico shows a fabulous green gate adorning the gorgeous red fence that surrounds the villa. Yes, I know the family that owns this home hidden by the gate and trees! Los Barriles, on the lower Baja peninsula on the Sea of…
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Vibrant in Winter
Vibrant is the theme of this week’s WordPress photo challenge. What could be more welcome on a cold, gray winter day than pops of color in the landscape? After teaching my Friday morning class today, having just seen “vibrant” as the theme, I saw the colorful tents on campus lined up for Greek week activities. Seeing these…
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How to Use Your Photos to Generate Blog Ideas and Readers
January always seems like a great energizer to either begin a blog or to re-energize a current one. With January almost over, have you met your short-term blogging goals? Are you still inspired and keeping up with your posting schedule? Do you need a kick-start to your inspiration? Use your images as inspiration for your…
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Optimism of a Brand New Day
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bernard Williams The Weekly Photo Challenge asks us to demonstrate what optimism looks like to us. I cannot think of anything more promising for good things to come than witnessing the sunrise of a new day. This photo was taken while…
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Breaking Barriers of Self-Doubt in Leisure
If you keep up with my blog, you know I share my perspectives on leisure. My Leisurely Thursday feature is my platform for introducing and discussing concepts related to leisure education as well as to illuminate why leisure is a basic need in our lives. Today’s focus is on self-inflicted barriers that prevent us from…
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Stumbled, Broken and Inspired: Weekend Coffee Share
Or, “What I did on My Winter Vacation” If I say my blogging break is over and is now past tense, is my break broken? Well, ponder that while we have coffee this morning and we “break” our fast. Yes, my blogging break is over. You saw that I did manage to post for the weekly…
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Defying Gravity
Weight(less) I am traveling home after a nice long vacation in Baja Sur, Mexico. For my Leisurely Thursday post, I could not resist including another set of photos for the Weekly Photo Challenge. I took these photos on my last day in La Ventana. The warm desert air combined with the 72 degree water of the Sea…
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Windy Weightlessness
The theme of the weekly photo challenge asks us to show the effects of gravity. Wind is the name of the game for windsurfers and kiteboarders. On a low wind day, the windsurf sail can feel like a heavy weight to push up and out of the water. Kite boarders can still fly on much…
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Circling to Now
As another year cycles around to begin anew, I share three photos depicting two themes from the weekly photo challenges of Circle and Now. If you have been following my blog lately, you know I am travelling in San Diego and Baja Sur, Mexico. We spent Christmas in San Diego with family. The day after Christmas, was…
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Thursday Doors at Baja Joe’s
Happy New Year from Baja Joe’s resort in La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico! The doors to the vast resort garage are hidden by the huge mural that covers the entire building. This is my submission for Norm 2.0’s weekly Thursday Doors challenge. Behind these doors lie a wondrous array of windsurf and kiteboard equipment. The doors…
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Weekend Coffee Share: That’s What Christmas is All About, Charlie Brown.”
If we were having coffee on this fourth and final Sunday of Advent, in which we celebrate love, we would sip a hot beverage while our choir performs. Traditionally the Advent candles are lit, one each Sunday, commemorating Hope, Peace, and Joy. Today the fourth candle, representing Love, is lit. In the middle of the…
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The Gatherings of Creatures Great and Small
Gathering As we prepare to gather around our holiday tables with our loved ones, lets reflect on the gatherings of our creatures great and small. Whether it is dogs gathering with their “pets,” a herd of cows gathering for lunch or possibly to play with the dogs, they all love to be with their friends. At the…
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