may this dress bring us the knowledge of all that we can do!!!! Congrats to Harriet!!! X

this quote rings SO true for Harriet, for many events in her life,
but especially this one!!!! I'm so proud! X

“You're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting,

So... get on your way!” 

Dr. Seuss, 

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

today, my baby is starting HIGH SCHOOL!!! 

WOW!!!

and it is a double wow because her high school is

Walnut Hill School for the Arts!!

it is all very exciting!!! 

Congratulations my dear sweet Harriet!!!

May all your dreams and desires come true and 

you find your passion and your wings during this next step 

in this journey called life!!!

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Happy Mother's Day to ALL . . . .

 & especially to some very special women out there . . .

the one who IS my mom!!! <3

& the amazing ones who MADE me a MOM!!!! <3

How blessed am I????? 

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If you have a mom, 

there is nowhere you are likely to go 

where a prayer has not already been. 

Robert Brault

Luv this quote as a mother and a daughter!!!

 Here's to the generations of loving!!! 

Mom,  Hope you enjoy the photos!!! :D

Happy Mother's Day to you! xxxxx

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May we all remember to respond . . .

I am sending this daily inspiration out to my sweet Harriet, 

who is celebrating her birthday TODAY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRIET!!!!

may you continue to respond to all and everything that excites 

that amazing spirit of yours!!

LUV U SO!!!!! 

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May this dress bring of oodles of love on your exciting adventure!!!!

“You're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting,

So... get on your way!” 

Dr. Seuss, 

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

This weekend my baby, Harriet, flew out of the nest to go to a creative writing sleep-away camp.  This is such an amazing adventure and I am so proud of her!!! She loves to write and this is a very acclaimed writing program.  In 2013 she and another writing friend started a blog where you can read some of her work.  Click here to go to the entire blog and below is a piece by Harriet!!! Have fun my sweet!! xx

DJ in Space

Stars, a grand expanse of stars for as far as the eye can see. I stood; amazed at the long mass of light that I was standing on. I was on the Milky Way. With every step the ground vibrated beneath the soles of my boots. I crouched down and scooped up a handful of glittering sunlight. As I held it in the palm of my hand a pleasantly warm feeling seeped through my glove and tickled my hand. I clutched the light tight and slipped it away deep in my pocket. As I began to walk I started to sink a little, I gave the sensation of walking on a sun kissed beach in the warm sand. I softly started humming a tune. The song I was singing helped me notice, I was the only person for a million miles. I could sing and dance however I wanted. I ran to my ship, upsetting sun sand as I went. Out of my small rocket I hauled out my record player. I plugged it in to a small outlet in my ship and music started to blare out of the speakers. I slipped off my boots and I was off. I kicked up sun sand as I flipped and spun around to the beat. Soon a small dent had formed around me and the sun sand shimmered forming a bubble around me it lifted me up above the stars, then down around the stars to float in open space. I panicked, but then I relaxed the shimmer calmed me and slowly lulled me to sleep.


When I awoke I was surprisingly on the ground in my New York apartment. I got up, was it all a dream? It must have been I trudged to my bathroom to wash my face. I stuffed my damp hands into my pockets, and when I took them out my hand was coated in a bright, shimmering dust.

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may this dress bring you LOVE!!!!

Love makes your soul crawl out 
from its hiding place.  
~ Zora Neale Hurston

Today's dress is part of the daily dress journal I made in 2011,

during my time at VSC.  This page is made with the envelope from a letter Harriet sent me while I was there, and just this morning, while walking my trusty hound, Scruffy,  I was thinking about how 'at home' I felt during that residency,

living and breathing art, literally. 

  

I would get up around 7am, have a quick bite for breakfast, then head off to my studio until about 1 am, with occasional breaks for lunch and dinner.  And when I was not in my studio I was surrounded by fellow artists from all over the world!! 

I did this for two weeks loving the solitude and the submersion in the creative process. I lived in my sparse collection of work clothes, just so content in my own little world . . . 

Except I missed my girls SOOOOOO!! 

I know they feed my creative soul, 

they give me so much of what I use to make my art.  

They pull me out of my hiding place every day and for this I am endlessly grateful!!! 

xxxx

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May this dress bring us MLK's dream . . .

May this dress bring us the world of which Martin Luther King Jr dreamt,

a world of service and peace and love and equality!!

“I have a dream that my four little children 

will one day live in a nation 

where they will not be judged

 by the color of their skin 

but by the content of their character.”

Martin Luther King Jr. 

below is the poem my daughter that my Harriet 

wrote for the Natick Interfaith Community Celebration 

in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

She read it in front of the community, along with other students,

politicians, clergy and other officials who gathered

to celebrate this great man's legacy.

Peace be with you all!!! 

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may this dress bring you everything you can imagine!!! Happy Birthday Harriet!!! xxx

on this day I was blessed with yet another amazing angel!!!

Thank you Harriet for sharing your spirit with me!! xxxx

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may this dress bring you glittering eyes (dedicated to my sweet Harriet*)

“And above all, 
watch with glittering eyes 
the whole world around you 
because the greatest secrets 
are always hidden 
in the most unlikely places. 
Those who don't 
believe in magic 
will never find it.”  
~ Roald Dahl

* yesterday, my sweet Harriet wondered why when she gets older that her belief in magic is diminishing . . . i told her that i, as an adult, totally believe in magic and she scoffed, thinking i was patronizing her, as parents usually do.  but i wasn't! i tried to explain that my version of magic may not be exactly like the 'disney' version of spells and bells, but i do believe in magic, and she is magical!!

I believe that there is a deeper connection of all things and when one is in touch with that web one can do magic.  I believe in the magic of moments, of love, of stars, of creating, of friendship, of oh so many things.

My hope for today is that we all remember how magical our lives are,
even though life might feel like a trial at times.
There is magic in the details, if you forget look at a flower;
there are spells being cast with our words, so choose them carefully,
there are energies being sent out from us all the time with our thoughts.
There is magic Harriet! I believe in magic & I believe in you!!!
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