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Living on the Circumference

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Writing the post on Letting Go Of Being A Perfectionist has boomeranged on me. I seem to be plagued with the idea of writing perfectly. What do people want to read? Word choice? Too long? Research or not? Original ideas? Comparison! On and on. So much for letting go. Maybe there is more to it. Maybe I need to learn to embrace my imperfections.

The shortest definition of imperfection is a “flaw”.…

It feels like it has been a very long time since I last posted. That post was about giving up being a perfectionist. And I changed overnight. POOF! Ahh…if it was so easy. But, I am working on it.

When it comes to writing – BLOCK! So, I decided to participate in The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – Vibrant! “This week, share a photo of something vibrant. Let’s wash the web with a rainbow of…

Letting Go of Being A Perfectionist

What do you think of when you think about perfection? According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, it means:

1 : having no mistakes or flaws

2 : completely correct or accurate

3 : having all the qualities you want in that kind of person, situation, etc.

One of the definitions for perfectionism is : a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable.

It follows that if one is a…

Eye color is not as simple as I thought. I thought it was all about genetics. Not entirely. The color of our eyes are determined in part by melanin, the pigment in the iris. The more melanin pigment in your eyes, the darker they will be, such as brown. Conversely, less melanin means your eyes will be lighter, such as green, hazel, or blue. The color is also affected by light absorption,…

It’s All About Me – Wk #48

Wondering about what makes me tick? Cee’s Share Your World provides the questions to find out random information about me. It has been a long while since I participated in Cee’s Share Your World, which I love, because I received negative feedback from a relative. However, I am learning not to care so much about what other people think of me. There is freedom in that. Now for the questions:

Are you…

Water’s Edge – Careful

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. – Leonardo da Vinci Water is the driving force of all nature. – Leonardo da Vinci

Relishing the time spent near the water’s edge with my grandson on a warm summer day. I used to waste a lot of time thinking about my past and what I might have done differently, and an equal…

This I accept

This I believe

Believe to be right

Believe to be true

True in heart

True in soul

Soul in life

Soul in death

Death of hate

Death of pain

Pain deep within

Pain deep release

Release to the wind

Release to be free

Free to create

Free to be me

Me and my logic

Me and my brain

Brain always reasoning

Brain always thinking

Thinking of writing

Thinking of words

Words full of power

Words full…

The Daily Post Photo Challenge this week is Monochromatic (resist using a single color range). The above photo is the USS Olympia, which is docked at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ship is the oldest floating steel warship and the sole surviving naval ship that served in the Spanish-American War.

Below is the USS Atlantus, a concrete ship that sunk off of Sunset Beach at Cape…

Today Was A Good Day – Rainbows

Spotting Rainbows

Yesterday, as I was driving, I spotted this rainbow. I pulled over into a parking lot and pulled out my Samsung Galaxy S3. It is old and the camera isn’t that great, but I didn’t have my camera on hand (you think I would learn). It was also raining, so a few raindrops might have landed on the lens. If you look closely, you can see a double rainbow in one of the photos below.

The…

The Raven – Creepy

When I lived in Philadelphia, I was within walking distance to a lot of the city’s history, including the Poe House. During his lifetime, Edgar Allan Poe rented this house in Philly for one year, which is now maintained by the National Park Service. It is a museum dedicated to him, although none of his manuscripts are kept here. Some of them are safely housed in the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Black and White Photo Challenge – Flowers

This week Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge is: Flowers. All of the flowers in the first four photos are from a single bouquet. The orchid is a potted plant that sits on my kitchen table. All of these photos were originally color photos, which I edited using Paint.net.

The humble daisy is one of my favorite flowers.

Fragrant and beautiful, flowers can brighten a room and my mood.

While a…