Last week, we turned a spotlight on our love for blue. 

Now today, let's lovingly gaze at blue's twin sister, green.  Not an identical twin mind you, a fraternal one.

Green is the background that lets life appear.
It does not compete.  It supports.

I'll claim that green is a neutral, and I bet you'll agree.  It pairs easily with blue, pink, yellow, brown, purple, and even animal prints.

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Blue endures.  We all love it.  We all look good in it.  I'd venture to guess that everyone reading this has at least one blue room in their house.  Blue feels steady and familiar, kind of like home.

When I'm buying stones, I'll buy half in blue and split the rest among all the other colors.   Why?  Perhaps because our subconscious tells us that blue evokes calm, trust, steadfastness.  After all, it's the color of deep water, wide skies and open horizons.   I think it invites me to pause, to breathe, to see with more clarity.

Let's turn our collective Love Note gaze to the why.  READ MORE

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Ah January.  It may just be my favorite month.  And by the time it arrives, I am more convinced of it.

I made it to the finish line - of another holiday season in retail, and of another year of challenges and joys, victories and losses. 

Now, at last, it's the season for my favorite avocation:  navel gazing.   What brought me joy?  And I know, my dear Love Note readers, that you share my pleasure in gazing at the night sky and pondering life's imponderables.  Of searching not just for answers, but for the questions that lead us to where we are meant to be.  READ MORE

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