In the New Year....

...I will talk less and listen more. People always tell you exactly who they are.

I wish for peace of mind and peace on earth in 2010.

xoSherry

View from the bathroom window

The title really does say it all. This is the view from my first floor bathroom window.
That's all I've got.

I'm tired, but woke up this morning to remember we are leaving for the beach tomorrow. 10 quiet days in Cape May. Our beach house is glass and chrome, modern. Quite the antithesis of my craftsman bungalow with dust bunnies as big as rabbits.

I'm looking forward to the change so I can dream and think and plan and sleep. Thanks to all of you who read and contributed to my previous post. You helped me realize how much I like writing this blog, how much I value each of you who read it, and I too like a glimpse into your lives as well.

We're not packing much. A laptop I may use, a stack of books,a few bathing suits, my camera.....I'm already dreaming of vacation sex. See, maybe this is why I shouldn't link this to my web site.

Have a great week and I'll talk to you all when we get back.

Words to live by

I have been thinking about a post for New Year's day and couldn't quite come up with the right words. As timing in the universe would have it, I stumbled upon my friend Janell's blog. Here's her pass along post from the Dalai Lama that sums up life quite nicely. Please share it.

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the 3 R's:Respect for self, Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

7. When you realize you've made a mistake; take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Think freely, and pass it along.

Happy Hanukah

peace for your family, the season and always.

This was my grandmother's blue cobalt bowl, isn't it lovely?

Top of the World

I've sent off dozens and dozens of map pendants and cuff links in the past few weeks. I am touched beyond words to be a small part of these life changing moments. Cuff links to celebrate an anniversary, a wedding, pendants to celebrate a birth and an adoption in a far away land.

When you are an artist and you work alone, stories like these make you realize the world is a small place after all. May all these stories weave a blanket of peace around us all.