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Word of the Day  3.7.20 sim·pa·ti·co /simˈpadəˌkō/ Learn to pronounce   adjective adjective:  simpatico (of a person) likable and easy to get along with. having or characterized by shared attributes or interests; compatible. "a simpatico relationship"

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Word of the Day

Word of the Day  3.6.20 sub·lime /səˈblīm/ Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘dignified, aloof’): from Latin  sublimis , from  sub-  ‘up to’ + a second element perhaps related to  limen  ‘threshold’,  limus  ‘oblique’. ed to lo sub·​lime   |   \  sə-ˈblīm   sublimed ;  subliming Definition of  sublime  (Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb 1 :  to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form 2 [French  sublimer , from Latin  sublimare ] a (1) :  to elevate or  exalt  especially in dignity or honor (2) :  to  render  finer (as in purity or excellence) b :  to convert (something inferior) into something of higher worth intransitive verb :  to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state sublime ...

Word of the Day

When I was in high school my friends and I would come up with cool words or a word of the day, and use it in every way possible. My grandmother who worked a crossword puzzle daily, would receive a crossword puzzle dictionary for Christmas every year from my mother, along with a box of chocolate covered cherries. This yearly ritual lasted since before I was born, and my grandmother worked the puzzles until the week of her death at 94 years of age. She was as sharp as a tack. I have been wanting to do a shared blog word of the day for a while, so  I am bringing back into my life this fun thing I used to do to keep life light and fun...so here goes the first WOD for the studio blog....... WORD OF THE DAY  3.5.20 col·lab·o·ra·tion /kəˌlabəˈrāSH(ə)n/ Learn to pronounce noun 1. the action of working with someone to produce or create something. "he wrote on art and architecture  in collaboration with  John...

Abe said it

Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln
How lovely are the late bloomers, as they give something beautiful to the world at a time when everything else is faded. - Dory Tucker

Vulnerability is Power and Change is Inevitable - By Dory Tucker

We are all living busy lives, working hard and trying to  make a difference in this world. I have upmost admiration and  respect for those who are seeking the greater good in this life.   I find that is it the fuel of love that keeps the larger world as a whole,  full of hope for the possibility of peace,  working together to find solutions for  how we live and how we interact with others. Everyone knows we are in changing times....   Everything is happening now at light speed,  and I am not just talking about technology,  but drive, power, the obsession for fame and money,  and the rightful contempt on those who are harming the innocent in the world. Human Rights are on a whole other level now,  and myriads of people who have grieved and hurt in silent pain,  now have a platform on which to speak, advocate, serve,  and teach from all corners everywhere, because they create...