Our Lady of Weight Loss » Self-Help Artist http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:01:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 #OneWord Thursday: #Kindness – No One Has Ever Become Poor By Giving http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/oneword-thursday-kindness-no-one-has-ever-become-poor-by-giving/ http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/oneword-thursday-kindness-no-one-has-ever-become-poor-by-giving/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 19:19:21 +0000 Janice Taylor http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/?p=2489 While this city girl was driving the local highways in her dual exhaust 2004 Durango, she tuned into NPR and listened in on an interview with Diane Rehm and the celebrated author George Saunders.  They spoke about the convocation address that Saunders delivered at the Syracuse University’s 2013 commencement,which centered on kindness and consequently went [...]

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]]> http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/oneword-thursday-kindness-no-one-has-ever-become-poor-by-giving/feed/ 0 Puzzled? Gumdrop Offerings? http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-gumdrop-offerings/ http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-gumdrop-offerings/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:26:07 +0000 Janice Taylor http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/?p=2268 If bitterness wants to get into the act, you just might want to offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.  No more than 50 calories, please.  After all, if we plump up Bitterness, it’s likely to be that much more bitter! As you click through this week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, “Gumdrops,” think [...]

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]]> http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-gumdrop-offerings/feed/ 0 Puzzled? Floating Mary…being nice? http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-floating-mary-being-nice/ http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-floating-mary-being-nice/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:58:38 +0000 Janice Taylor http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/?p=2251 “I wasn’t raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people.” ~ Moby *** After I put the finishing touches on my artwork entitled, “Floating Mary,” I thought, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a meaningful quote, one that opens the heart floating, [...]

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]]> http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-floating-mary-being-nice/feed/ 0 Puzzled? Knitted or Knot: 80 Calories Per Hole http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-knitted-or-knot-80-calories-per-hole/ http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/puzzled-knitted-or-knot-80-calories-per-hole/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:12 +0000 Janice Taylor http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/?p=1859 This morning, I took a very early morning walk to Dunkin’ Donuts for a cuppa coffee (could you believe we ran out, here, at home…oy!). I made my way to the front of the line, to the counter.  And, as I was ordering a small cuppa light, the alien that lives inside, she who sounds [...]

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