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About Maggie C

Stained glass artist, writer, respecter of life.

New Lang Syne

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Wow! 2016 is here already!

I suppose I made some resolutions for last year, but having forgotten what they were, I can neither celebrate my successes nor berate my shortcomings. And I’m content with that.

I think contentment was pretty much my theme for last year, and in that regard 2015 was quite fulfilling.

 

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Cute canine couched on a crimson coverlet contentedly contemplating current conditions.

For 2016, I am foregoing the whole New Year’s resolution exercise, and in its place I’m using an idea that I picked up on The Tao of Dana blog. I’m going to consciously choose a new overlying theme for the coming year. That way it doesn’t become something to flog myself over for not completing. It’s just a gentle nudge in the direction I want to travel.

So what should my 2016 theme be? I’ll ponder that question in the next few days. And I’ll write it down and post it somewhere so I won’t forget.

But for now, I’m content to just let the new year unfold as it will.

Wishing you the best for 2016!

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Auld Lang Syne (and all that)

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I’m not a big fan of strolling down memory lane, and yet the end of the year seems to oblige one to contemplate upon “times gone by.”

I don’t intend to take that auld lang stroll through my memorable moments of 2015. With my poor memory, it would be a pretty short stroll anyway. Instead, I’ll just take a quick little sprint to thank you all for sharing this year with me.

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My memory lane is usually quite foggy… and often gated as well.

 

This inaugural year for “What Rhymes with Stanza?” has been fun, challenging and inspiring for me, and hopefully entertaining/thought-provoking/utterly mind blowing (take your pick) for you as well.

I started this blog in February of this year. The subtitle I selected, “Words at Rest; Words at Play,” pretty much sums up my intended purpose.

I like to play with words (and with my food, too, but that’s probably irrelevant at the moment). And sometimes I like to pick up my camera and give words a rest as I attempt to express myself visually.

It’s great to have a place to share my creativity, but the best part of it is when you share yourself with me, through comments on my site, through your own blogs, through mind-melding… oh, wait, that wasn’t you.

Anyway, before my sprint turns into a marathon, I will leave you with my best wishes for a safe/pleasant/wild and crazy (take your pick) New Year’s eve.

And I’ll indulge myself with a repost of my favorite “words at play” moment from 2015. Cheers!

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My favorite post of 2015: “Cat Plight”