Meri's Musings

I'll admit it. Finding joy in unlikely places is one of my special gifts. I love colorful, rusty, decaying things that remind me that aging is a natural process and carries its own beauty. Reflections definitely make the joy list for me. . .  even when the Space Needle looks all tangled up. Blog hopping each week to visit all of you makes my heart sing. What gives you JOY? Share the Joy.  1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy. 2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into  the Mr. Linky box along with your info. 3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment because everyone  enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's start an epidemic of JOY!

It seems to me that if I am  true to myself and passionately curious, I'll go where I need to go and do what I need to do. With gusto!

Your body style, like mine, is something your genes stick you with. You can feed it wisely, keep it toned and flexible, but trust me. . . . if you're programmed for curvy, you're never going to look like Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables unless you're abusing your body every which way. Love your curves. p.s. I'm going to be jumping up and down and screaming today, strictly for  cardiovascular fitness. Go Seahawks!

From my poetry chapbook Calypso Red Lesson Learned Once my name was Made-Herself-Invisible. I conjured my disappearance not through incantations or potions concocted from essence of larkspur and eye of newt but by hiding my light in a man's shadow. Now my name is Never Again.

I've been sorting and discarding (sort of a photo purge) but these are some of the keepers from 2009. Hope you enjoy the show.