Use your words to encourage
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is an adage that, as far as I’m concerned, is totally false.
MIMI’S MUSINGS
NOT How I Wanted to Start the New Year
While it is not necessarily how I would have chosen to spend the New Year, I found that I already had what was really important to deal with whatever is to come.
Colorado Springs Victorian Open House
If there is such a thing as an ‘exciting Open House,’ this was it! Almost 400 people visited this past weekend in conjunction with the Annual B and B Holiday Tour in Downtown Colorado Springs.
Homeless but not Helpless
This is not a tale of social or moral implications, but it is a story of people’s priorities, and a cookie store in Downtown Colorado Springs.
Recognize the Genuine
In his book BLINK, Malcolm Gladwell drives home the point that we have an instinct to recognize what is real and what is likable in the first few seconds of an encounter. Look for the genuine, don’t waste your time on counterfeits, and surround yourself with only those things that will benefit your life.
Downtown Colorado Springs Diverse Houses
Over the past 120 years, carriage houses and garages have been turned into small bungalows, so when you drive around Downtown Colorado Springs, you often see stately mansions and rambling family homes with a tiny one-bedroom house next door. Over the years, lot lines were re-drawn to make these individual homes their own sellable entities.
Crazy Lot Lines in Downtown
When you drive around Downtown Colorado Springs, you will often notice that there are big houses next to small houses. While it has an explanation, during the late 1800s, there was no consistency to how it was planned.
