Is Gruntled a word?
Did you know gruntled is a word? My hubby came in the office and said where are all the gruntled people? We hear a lot about the...
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Denise Frakes
Feb 19, 20235 min read
Avoid Clutter Clearing Hangovers!
"Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it...
Denise Frakes
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Chores and Breathing
"When you bring an awareness to your activity, even to ordinary things, that's what art is about. Drinking a cup of tea can be art." The...
Denise Frakes
Jan 21, 20231 min read
Daily Chores and a Course in Miracles
Can we shift the very nature of how we see our "chores". How we speak, move even think of our musts. What defines a chore anyway? How...
Denise Frakes
Jan 19, 20233 min read
10 ways to live intentionally- Celtic Wisdom
How do you accidentally end up in Iona Scotland? In 2015 we were helping facilitate healthy living/Ayurvedic retreat at Harmony Hill In...
Denise Frakes
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Today is the leading edge of history
"We need a new way of thinking, a new vocabulary. We have nineteeth-century thinking, but technology is so fast. We have to change our...
Denise Frakes
Nov 9, 20224 min read
WE All NEED DESERT! Chocolate Bark Recipe
Desert! What a way to start a blog! It's 6:30 in the morning and I'm already thinking about desert! Of course I am, because the desert...
Denise Frakes
Nov 9, 20222 min read
Do you know what clutter clearing really is?
Clutter clearing is discovering your poetry. Poems remove the filler and fluff and go straight to the heart. Clutter clearing is a...
Denise Frakes
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Spiced Pumpkin Muffins...
Below my chat is an incredibly easy, healthy, brain loving and delish recipe... Food is medicine but it doesn't have to taste like...
Denise Frakes
Oct 29, 20222 min read
Who do I want to be when I die...
I'm in no rush, but if I'm to live the life that most speaks to my heart, then I need to know who I will be when I die...who I want to...
Denise Frakes
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Creating Community...one you love...that loves you
One of my first exposures to what community is comes from a book called Wabi-Sabi for Writers. by Richard R. Powell. This book, is for...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20223 min read
We had the worst air quality in the world!!!!
This morning I'm moving blogs into my new blog site. I came across this post. Originally I wrote over a year ago Oct 13- 2021. One year...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20222 min read
Autumn begins Wabi-Sabi Season
As the rains return, the wind starts to blow, the days shorten and darkness takes its place...I remember it's Wabi-Sabi season. ...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20222 min read
Not Quite Perfect Yet?
May 1, 2022 Not quite perfect? You can't rush a good poem...or life. I met Mary Oliver on a women's pilgrimage to Iona Scotland. Our...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20222 min read
I want to die wild
I want to die wild. With a curious soul and a happy spirit. I want to die happy I lived. I want to lay down tonight with a delicious...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20222 min read
Monday...pay it forward
How do you start your week? How do you start your day? When the world seems too big, chaotic, overwhelming...start with a good...
Denise Frakes
Oct 22, 20222 min read
I treasure the first hours of the day
Ever wake up feeling a bit off? Unsettled, unsure of what you should do or where you should start? That's how I was feeling this...
Denise Frakes
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Last night I failed....and it felt horrible.......
I try, and yet I'm still imperfect. I'm an incomplete- unfinished being traveling life the best I can- watching butterflies, running...
Denise Frakes
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Do we lose our spontaneous spirit when we create intentional spaces?
"White Space i like air: It is necessary for design to breathe" Wojciech Zielinski What is your greatest gift? Your free spirit, your...
Denise Frakes
Jul 12, 20223 min read
Do you know how to be idle? Is it a waste of time?
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Mary's quote grabbed me the first time I read it. ...
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