Posts By: Ellie Dolgin

Beware of Hot Pink!

My three-year-old granddaughter asked me what was my favorite color on her new quilt.  I pointed to the petals of a flower and said, “This one.  It is called hot pink.”  A few minutes later she said, “Ouch! My elbow hurts!”  When I asked what happened, she said that she burned her elbow on the… Read more »

In Awe of Newness

This is what I love about kids: they are in awe of everything.  A baby is fascinated with his foot that seems to be connected to a body that seems to be his.  Tasting a carrot for the first time brings wonderment to his mouth beyond anything that he has ever experienced.   A cup… Read more »

Let Nature Nurture

Today was the first beautiful day of spring.  Sunny and 75 degrees.  I went to the beach, kicked off my shoes, laid on the sand, and fell asleep to the sound of lapping water and squawking seagulls. My trip to the beach was a respite from compulsive planning, organizing and the need to feel accomplished. … Read more »

The Nature of Louie Schwartzberg

Last week on Super Soul Sunday, Oprah featured Louie Schwartzberg, a cinematographer who specializes in nature films.  His time-lapsed pictures of the grandest and tiniest parts of our earth create spectacular films.  I highly recommend looking him up on youtube.  His camera zooms in on a meadow swarming with monarch butterflies and a nest of… Read more »

Today is Your Creation

For those of you who follow this blog, I’m sorry that I missed writing last week.  I was traveling.  Along with being busy and sometimes not having the opportunity to write, traveling opens me up to see things in a new way.  It gets me out of my little world and reminds me that people… Read more »

It’s All So Funny!

I laugh a lot.  It’s all so funny!  Smile, grin, chuckle, belly laugh.  I can be washing the dishes and burst out laughing at something that someone said last week. I laugh at myself, too.  I really get a kick out of myself and the zany things I do.  Yesterday I was feeling so good… Read more »

Creatively Rebellious

My brain is on overdrive. Thoughts swirling around like random particles slamming into each other. How can one head house so much activity? I feel like I have been talking for two days straight. In rekindling old friendships people have opened up to me about living with cancer, facing a repressive marriage, dating, and dealing… Read more »

Softening Doubt

Yesterday I doubted many of my decisions. Did I choose the right real estate broker to represent my house? Did we pick the right price? Was this the best time to put it on the market? Did I remember to deduct everything on my tax return? Was my relationship with a new man really what… Read more »