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Once every four years

  Happy Leap Day Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.      -  Gloria Steinem  

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A is for Aspirin and ASS. It's beginning to feel a lot like the 1950's for women these days. Case in point, Foster Friess. He's the primary supporter of a pro-Santorum super political action committee. He  suggested on MSNBC that women use Bayer aspirin as a contraceptive.  Wow.  “This contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so expensive,” he told host Andrea Mitchell . “Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.” In case your not completely clear on Satorum's view on contraception: Santorum has said that he is "not a believer in birth control" and believes it is "harmful" to both women and society.  And in October, Santorum discussed the "dangers" of contraception with an evangelical blog. "Many in the Christian faith have said, 'Well, that's okay. Contraception's okay," he said. "It...

On any given day

I wake up with one face. Fall asleep with another. I love faces. I always have. Most of the art in my home is a face of some sort.  Abstract, pop, outsider, or straight up real - I find them easy to live with and good company.     How about you?     A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke   Buddha In Glory     Center of all centers, core of cores, almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet-- all this universe, to the furthest stars all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit. Now you feel how nothing clings to you; your vast shell reaches into endless space, and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite peace, a billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head...

Thank You

An Award?   You don't say. I want to thank Anita from A Dreamer's Den   for bestowing me with the Liebster Blog Award. Anita has a fabulous blog full of wonderful inspiration!  It doesn't hurt that she is a lovely person with a great sense of humor to boot! I'm a regular at A Dreamer's Den.... *LOVE HER* Liebster in German means... favourite, dearest, beloved and it's for bloggers with under 200 followers. The rules are: Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog *** Link back to the blogger who awarded you *** Copy and paste the blog award on your blog *** Reveal your 5 blog picks *** Let them know you choose them by leaving a comment * My Five Picks* http://slopesinheels.blogspot.com/ Inspiring and lovely to look at! http://ephemeralwhims.blogspot.com/ I always learn something and her images are beautiful. http://mm-aboutanything.blogspot.com/ MM has lovely daily out...

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Cecilia Paredes Cecilia Paredes was born in Lima, Peru, and lives and works in San Jose and Philadelphia, United States. Her recent photographic work is a conspicuous exploration of sensual surfaces in which the body is deliberately confused with nature and nature with the body. Paredes' photography demonstrates that the body of the woman - her own body - is a sacred zone, not profane, to restore its perception as something miraculous amidst the technological chaos that currently surrounds us. The body is revealed as a tool, a space for signs, and a creation that is intimately connected to our surrounding natural environments.   The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth

Blue and gold

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. Buddha   image via tumblr

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Put 'em Up! Unless you've been sequestered in your home with no TV, radio, or Internet you know the nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has announced that it will end its longtime partnership with the Planned Parenthood.  Komen has been criticized in the past for donating to Planned Parenthood. The official response has always been that, despite the controversy surrounding some of its programs, the organization was the only one working to provide breast-health services to women in need in dozens of communities around the United States. Why the change of heart?  Officials cited a new internal policy that makes any organization under official investigation ineligible for grant money.  Um, Really? Let's look at a few of the players involved and you decide.  Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest . It’s her group that issued a report last fall, “ The Case for Investigating Planned ...

Thursday's Child

Throw me tomorrow Now that I've really got a chance Throw me tomorrow Everything's falling into place Throw me tomorrow Seeing my past to let it go Throw me tomorrow Only for you I don't regret That I was Thursday's child David Bowie image via tumblr

Wednesday's here

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together… (Elizabeth Taylor) image via tumblr