EoTD: Qualities - Grief

"Before she came to this town, Grief was a woman named Eliea..." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 5)

Aromaleigh v1’s Velvetgoldmine

EoTD: Qualities - Urgency

"If Urgency things you may be able to help him, he will sit you down and ask for your life story. First, he wants to find out what motivates you; and then he listens for what fascinates you." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of...

EoTD: Qualities - Devotion

"Devotion has prayed in many temples and seen evidence of God in unlikely places. She keeps a postcard of Saint Francis above her desk. A Yemenite amulet hangs in her window. Always she remembers to honor the Mother." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of...

I hate weeks like this…

It's been A Week. Got some long-lost mail returned, sent the first of a sideways-worded “I'd very much like my paycheck, please” emails to a so-called employer, redid the side yard (swapped out rocks for soil and grass), dealt with an ill kitty and a dead coffee grinder, got an...

EoTD: Qualities - Protection

"Protection notices that some people insist on wearing her garments far into the hot season. Others refuse to put on a cloak even when they are cold." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 6)

BareMinerals’ 2002 Grand kit

The kit predated my involvement with BE, and it contained one hard-to-find shade, but I did eventually get all the colors in this set - two were available through the boutiques (and quite liberally on Ebay) and one was eventually released in an eyecolor duo. The items in this kit...

EoTD: Qualities - Resignation

"Resignation would rather curse the darkness than light a candle. At first she intimidated me; now she infuriates me. I understand her too well." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 6)

EoTD: Qualities - Integrity

"When Integrity speaks with her hands, it is not in grand, dramatic gestures but in soft, subtle movements. Watching her hands dance, we hear stories that we have no words for." — from The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors...

The SheSpace’s Touched by Truth