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eally only narrow down which organs were failing i had to lift her into the car to drive her home so together frydaddy and i decided what was best for spooky s comfort and we spent most of yesterday telling spooky stories and just enjoying our gentle girl i took her to town for a slow walk on the courthouse grass and i wore a backpack to carry her water dish hoping i could convince her to drink at least a little bit she spent most of the evening just lying on her side on the soft carpet of the hallway people were unfailingly kind and a young girl and her wise mother who have known spooky for the girl s entire life they had been our next door neighbors and now only live two streets away come over to say good bye to her the girl petted spooky and then read dog heaven to her she helpfully pointed out the illustrations of fluffy cloud beds and an endless supply of ham sandwich biscuits to spooky while i tried to hold it together i want to think we gave her a good life i need to think that because i can t repay this dog for what she s given me and even though i know that allowing her to rest is the right thing to do it s one of the most difficult moral decisions i ve made in my life thank you spooky now go run with the rabbits and yes you can chase the ducks as much as you want to you re a good girl always the songsters were right love was kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you posted by dale guffey at 1 46 pm 1 comment labels spooky monday october 2 2017 no such thing as too much here it is the beginning of october the weather here in north carolina has broken from the heat wave we ve been having and today has been just lovely crisp enough to justify that basic white girl pumpkin spice coffee this morning and late sunday afternoon i actually built a fire in the fire pit while i shoved yard furniture around and fussed over the placement of a few pots of chrysanthemums started my seasonal purge of summer clothes too all that has been to help clear my head ever since the tiara challenge finished a few weeks ago i ve been thinking how to move forward on the principles i ve been trying to put into action i m surprised by how difficult i ve found that to do so let me explain a little i went back and re read my posts for 2017 it s interesting in a yoga class early this year we were asked to choose a word to meditate on something that we wanted to experience in our life i chose delight and i think this entire year has been about finding personal delight in my everyday life i m finally understanding the value of play both as a learning tool and as a goal unto itself resting recharging and valuing my own experiences has an inherent worth that my puritan ancestors would frown upon then again they routinely died of malnutrition and childhood diseases so what did they know on my next birthday i reach the half century mark i am a bit bewildered by that most days i feel like i m in my late twenties although i know i wasn t as self aware at that time of my life it s a big birthday and i expect to do something large for it although i haven t quite figured out what that is going to be bob ross painting party maybe human hungry hungry hippo stay tuned i ve also become more and more convinced that the results of my ongoing self care efforts have helped me become far more comfortable in my skin it seems to me that society usually wants women to hush up and take up as little space as possible especially as we move beyond the peak of our traditional hotness some of that is physical the current american beauty ideal tends to be thin to the point of being unhealthy i long for the days of lillian russell but we also like our women to be sweet demure tasteful and above all quiet basically we re often given the message that it s really best for us to be ornamental i m not don t get me wrong i can rock a strand of pearls and a twinset but i also can work leopard print and a protest sign i m often too much too loud too boisterous too indignant too demanding the kicker is that after yearsandyears of fighting that i like me and i m beginning to think that there s no such thing as too much passion zest exuberance sparkle all of these things are in woefully short supply in a world that often is characterized by rat racing and workaday cares we dismiss these other qualities as impractical childish and frivolous i suspect that s rooted in fear i know fear so i can recognize the landscape i mean what if everyone just went around busting out of proscribed narrow roles chaos i tell you chaos or maybe that s what joy looks like and i choose joy i intend to continue in my current vein and i fervently hope you ll join me i expect to spend the months leading up to my 50th birthday in preparation for my year of living outrageously i want to trade practical flannel for bias cut satin i want to wear sharp cat eye eyeliner and bloodred lipstick i want to casually explain that i can t make that last minute meeting because i have a date with my husband to try the tasting menu at the mcninch house not for our anniversary just for a tuesday in short i want to take up room i ve already started a couple of lists extraordinary things i ve done in my life to remind myself that i can do outrageous things i ve galloped at breakneck speed on horseback through thick woods i ve traveled gotten lost and managed to get found i ve hand fed exotic animals like a hippo and a giraffe i ve stuck my neck out for a cause i believe in i ve seen halley s comet then rode home belting out the beatles here comes the sun thanks jill i ve written a novel two actually they re awful but i ve written them i ve made a yummy cake totally from scratch i ve done a pinup photo shoot i ve seen the milky way i ve ridden an elephant i ve been a tourist in a communist country i ve fallen in love i ve admitted that my life was out of control and that i needed help i ve seen things that make me believe in divine guidance i ve dyed my hair outrageous colors i ve published a book three actually i ve jumped out of a perfectly good airplane from 12 000 feet up i ve earned by scuba certification and dealt with a broken regulator hose you can scream all the way up as you ascend incredible things i want to do plans for the next year or so i want to ride in a hot air balloon i want to wear an incredible diamond necklace on date night with my husband i want to go skeet shooting i want to test drive an exotic car i want to gamble at a casino james bond style not video poker style i want to wear a tiara and throw candy to a crowd i want to go to a rodeo i want to learn to juggle i want to take a trapeze or aerial class i want to attend a seder in short i want to experience frequent joie de vivre or to put it in american terms i want to rock life i ve gotten at least two extra chances and i have no intention of living quietly and leaving this earth without making a mark upon it what are your suggestions this amazing lady has also been quoted as saying never be afraid to stop traffic i want to be her when i grow up posted by dale guffey at 3 51 pm no comments labels delight french kindness mindful personal self care tiara friday september 8 2017 tiara post finis happy french friday here we are with fifteen total tiara posts detailing the summer tiara challenge how d we do in north carolina it s drop dead gorgeous rather like the fife tiara which is dazzling the post this week we re enjoying a few days of clear weather with just a hint of coolness in the air perfect convertible weather pick your music and let your hair just waft in the wind now get real before people have even dried out from harvey leviathan hurricane irma is determined to wreak havoc on florida and even out here people are stripping the grocery shelves bare in case we lose power for a few days i enjoyed the weather too much and wound up leaving my ragtop open to the elements when a thunderstorm rolled in and letting your hair ever your super cool cobalt and amethyst hair waft in the wind means it turns into a mass of snarls when you bring the car to a stop never forget your outside is one thing but you flat out have to tend to your inner self as well and that is best done with truth so let s take another look shall we during this challenge i did well on some things bullet journaling and trying new foods in particular but making even mild exercise an everyday thing didn t materialize the way i planned water intake is up to where it ought to be most days and i ve tried water infused with berries and mint and even made sun tea during the eclipse i m better at treating myself like company too the ruthlessly winnow out my closet part well i wasn t quite as ruthless as i d like to have been in fact i have quite a few ruths left sloth with tiara perfection but i do catch myself saying it s time to push back from the desk get some more water hey why not eat outside in the sunshine today and while i have days where i look like an escapee from the pages of peopleofwalmart some other days i manage to pull an outfit off with a certain élan those are usually days when i go simple instead of fussing so much today for example dark jeans a crisp white blouse worn untucked and my darling target found leopard ankle boots i m getting closer to being a true une femme d un certain âge i think and i m having a blast making the journey thank you for taking it with me fall is beginning soon make sure you write yourself into your calendar of obligations scrunch through leaves buy real apple cider eat a pear so juicy that you re nearly indecent remember to be kind to those around you a lot of folks are going to be needing serious help this season you don t have to join the cajun navy but be sure your thoughts and prayers come with casseroles gas cards bottled water diapers and or other expressions of i know you need some help just now here we don t sparkle because someone else crowned us we did that ourselves and part of wearing a tiara is knowing that not everyone has our good fortune to live a life that can lend itself so readily to humor and joy therefore we have an obligation to help the world find its own sparkle and you can t do that with an empty belly or filthy drinking water so straighten that tiara and roll up your sleeves this world needs what we ve got which includes a willingness to work hard demonstrate kindness and demand justice go forth my sisters posted by dale guffey at 4 46 pm no comments labels check in family french kindness mindful personal self care tiara sunday september 3 2017 lucky thirteen a little late so we ll call this one the sunday funday tiara posting i figure the enthusiasm of the extra exclamation points buys me some slack on the two day late post our tiara picture this week by the way is a lovely example of a modern piece this opal emerald and diamond piece was designed for joanna newsom s 2013 wedding to andy samberg of brooklyn nine nine a hilarious show if you haven t been watching it i love the riot of color in this one so checking in how s your tiara balancing for me this week has been crazybusy one of my college classes is taught at a local high school which means that i m shuffling two class schedules while i enjoy the students i hate the different schedules no college class meets five days a week for nine weeks and much of the first week is given over to things that traditional college classes just don t have to deal with i appreciate the opportunity that is given to the students here free college yay but well let s just say my tiara was not always squarely set on my head this week that means it s even more important to center myself which explains why last night was spent having an amazing dinner with poptap we were supposed to see wonder woman again while our husbands were gaming but we enjoyed the conversation so much that we missed the movie so we bought tap shoes for her upcoming dance class from a bull rider there s always a story if you just take time to listen and browsed the pop culture section of a bookstore i now have knee socks with cats in a fuzzy shrub pussy willows if you will today was intended to be a pajama day but i ll have to go out at some point which will require swapping slippers for shoes society is so demanding in other news i had an excellent oncology check up this week that s one area where it s really wonderful to be boring plus we received our author copies of a dream given form the guide to babylon 5 that has been in the works for three years my bout with junior auxiliary cancer pushed that project back a solid year blech frydaddy and i have a book launch scheduled for our hometown next saturday sep 9 contact me for details it ll be a fun time with refreshments that are tied to the show and a chance to chat with the authors us while having your copy signed there s only one more week left on our tiara challenge take a good clear eyed look at your habits and let s end strong scatter some joy in the lives of others and make some time to celebrate the unique possibly eccentric individual that you are no one else on this planet can sing your song so belt it out sister posted by dale guffey at 2 55 pm 1 comment labels check in family french kindness mindful personal self care tiara saturday august 26 2017 tiara the twelfth heavier than some but still very pretty greetings we who sparkle yes it s not quite a french friday this week a brush with a stomach bug kept that from being a wise choice but one of the gifts of learning the sparkle path is figuring out that self care sometimes means missing self imposed deadlines and you really didn t want to read anything i had to say before today blech ok so bugs happen i hadn t been that puny and miserable for at least a couple of years it wasn t anything serious but i ve spent the last two days on ginger ale crackers and campbell s chicken n stars that s my go to comfort food when i m sick it s been that way since i was just a li l sparkle and it s a testament to how long it s been since i ve been that curled up miserable that i noticed that the company has changed the stars since the last time frydaddy went out to fetch sickbed supplies for me i m much better today and the sheets are in the laundry on the boil setting i missed my usual weight watchers meeting thursday night but went to one this morning now bugs are not the preferred method of weight loss for any sane person but i m looking for silver linings here and i can announce that i ve cracked double digits and am now down 11 2 pounds from my starting weight three months ago that means i ve lost the equivalent of a cat or a gallon of paint perhaps a painted cat that s just under a pound a week remember there was vacation and the legion world series in there too which isn t showy but is certainly respectable onward in other news this past monday night i helped pull off the eclipsing hate rally here in town my job was mostly securing the location and pushing pastries on people i quite enjoyed it this wa...