Category Archives: Beauty
Creativity through make up
For Christmas I bought her a set of one hundred and forty four eye shadow colors. She is eleven and a half. This is unusual because not only do I want her to stay a kid as long as possible; … Continue reading
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Naomi in Lavender Heaven
This picture is for my mom who sent me the link to this lavender farm almost a year ago. The farm is about an hour from our home, nestled gorgeously just in front of Mount Shasta, one of our two … Continue reading
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Adoria
Tonight Naomi and I started off my Birthday Weekend with STYLE! We went to our very first fashion show! I would not be mistaken by anybody for a diva or fashionista, but I actually love design. I have a notebook … Continue reading
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Women of Mention
After a morning in the healing rooms, I came back to my favorite place: home with my family. We made a simple potato cheddar soup and then settled in to watch a special library movie: Mrs. Potter. And what a … Continue reading
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the joy of good things
Much as I don’t like the commercialism of Christmas I do love the abundance that can come out of this time of year. As I lovingly accumulate special cards and gifts and notes for treasured ones, I am blessed. The … Continue reading
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Gifting
We like simple christmas but we like so much about it that sometimes it threatens to spill away from simple towards crazy and hectic and overwhelming. We can get caught up in too much of a good thing, occasionally. So … Continue reading
Christmas, our style
A kind friend kindly (but FIRMLY) encouraged me to write more here and to write more about my daily life . . . . I suppose after life in Bundibugyo, most of life as a mother and student in America … Continue reading
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