"The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color. Often at night there is lightning, but it quivers all alone."
Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
On the Business of Blogging : great commentary on Notes to Self
Live Happily Ever After Now : your guide to living now
365 Photo Project : just started August. join in on Flickr!
Design Editor : a great site for scrapbooking + creativity
7 Tips for Handling Criticism : excellent advice from The Happiness Project
Designing London 2012 : graphic design + the Olympics
3 Less Steps to Bliss : less really is more in some cases
If You Have Good Thoughts... : this Roald Dahl quote makes me happy!
Check out this week's Positively Present playlist on YouTube.
"Danny, Dakota, & the Wishing Well" – A Silent Film
"The Only Place" – Best Coast
"Pursuit of Happiness" – Lissie
"Soft Shock" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Death" – White Lies
"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" – Pink
"Breaking Down" – Florence + the Machine
"Yellow Light" – Of Monsters and Men
"Adversity" – Beach Fossils
"Spiralling" – Keane
"Before I Fall to Pieces" – Razorlight
"Medicine" – Daughter
"Lost in My Mind" – The Head + the Heart
"Go Right Ahead" – The Hives
The London Train
Tessa Hadley
The Indie Author Guide:
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April Hamilton
Love the link on '3 less steps to bliss'...I could certainly use less clutter in my life in many aspects, but it is definitely the physical clutter that drains me. The line about we are building relationships with people not things is a great way to look at it.
Hope all is well on your end Dani. Thanks
Posted by: Saggleo | August 04, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Saggleo - So glad you liked the link! Everything's going well here. Hope you have a great weekend!
Posted by: positively present | August 04, 2012 at 08:24 AM
I love that first quote about August. I always imagine the yearly calendar in a big circle just like that. It is comforting somehow. :)
Posted by: Katie @ peacebeme | August 04, 2012 at 04:24 PM
A perfect pic to remind us of the bling and the bliss of Summer carnivals.
Posted by: J.D. Meier | August 04, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Katie - Thanks! I thought it was a good find - so perfect for this first week of August! I've never thought about a calendar as a circle, but I like that idea.
J.D. - Thanks! There's something magical about summer carnivals - and I love how the ferris wheel idea is used in the quote I found.
Posted by: positively present | August 06, 2012 at 07:29 AM