Posted by lilia on April 10th, 2008
sprig
delicate blossoms
fireworks of beauty unfold
water droplets adorn
(Picture taken at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Added 4-11-08)
Posted by lilia on March 28th, 2008
“…believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference.” This is the sort of thing that really resonates with me…
Posted by lilia on October 3rd, 2007
Well I’m sure by now you’ve heard the “not another Starbuck’s, Barne’s & Noble, McDonald’s etc. etc.” grumbling…yeah I’m beginning to have mixed feelings about it too…you know, that love hate relationship. Lately there have been quite a few info sources making comments about how many traditionally unique neighborhoods in this city have been taken over by the chain stores and the general opinion is that this is not a good thing unless of course it happens to be the gentrification of a less than desirable neighborhood. The problem is this usually happens in the neighborhoods that are great to begin with and it is especially devastating to the ones with a sense of community but then again that depends on how open or closed minded they are. Now, a mix between the one of a kind unique places and the megachains is not I bad thing I would say, but when everything starts feeling sterile and generic something is lost. That’s how I feel in suburbia…it’s generic, sterile…i don’t feel lost but somehow it doesn’t capture that warm sense of community.
Posted by lilia on April 27th, 2007
With all the things going on in the world today you know what i’m thinking about? “Ahhhhh, I’m going to miss the cherry blossoms!!!” With the weather I’m sure they’ve all bloomed in the last few days but Anika has been sick and so I’ve been home with her and though I tried to get her to go on a walk she was not gonna have it. Today she was feeling much better again and went back to school but it poured rain all night and it is going to rain all day and all I can think is that all that rain is going to knock all the blooms off the trees. I’m getting a little obsessed here…but no I’m not going to drag Dante out in the rain to see the trees.
Posted by lilia on March 5th, 2007
