http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com Sharing Tips on Living Well Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://users.feedblitz.com/99d05a95b00b562ef8b6cf4d81814bac/Tiny%20Sun.jpghttp://ellenkennon.wordpress.com <font color="#1D22A1" >The sun is finally shining here in St. Francisville and it’s around 60 degrees outside. Perfect weather for a fire on the porch!  It’s amazing how a little sunshine can brighten your day.  However, if it’s still gloomy in your part of the world, read on: Hunt Slonem is starting to remind me of the divorcee [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Little+Darlin%26%238217%3b+Here+Comes+the+Sun!+%28no%2c+not+Tuscan+Sun%29+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f10%2f23%2flittle-darlin-here-comes-the-sun-no-not-tuscan-sun%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/little-darlin-here-comes-the-sun-no-not-tuscan-sun/#comments"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/comment.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/little-darlin-here-comes-the-sun-no-not-tuscan-sun/feed/"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/commentrss.png"></a> </div> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1936193/ugza7/blog.htm~Little-Darlin-Here-Comes-the-Sun-no-not-Tuscan-Sun http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1936193/ugza7/blog.htm~Little-Darlin-Here-Comes-the-Sun-no-not-Tuscan-Sun#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:19:01 +0000 ellenkennon http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/?p=564 ]]> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1936193/ugza7/blog.htm~Little-Darlin-Here-Comes-the-Sun-no-not-Tuscan-Sunfeed/ 0 ellenkennon HuntAlbaniaMango <font color="#1D22A1" >It is the middle of the day and it looks like it is dusk outside. I don’t recall such a gray day in a very long time–even though we’ve had more rainy than sunny days over the past week. What a pleasant surprise to get a call from Hunt Slonem asking me if I saw [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=%26%238220%3bTuscan+Sun%26%238221%3b+Brightens+Dreary+Gray+Day+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f10%2f22%2ftuscan-sun-brightens-dreary-gray-day%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/tuscan-sun-brightens-dreary-gray-day/#comments"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/comment.png"></a> <a 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I first read about the technique in Meredith Young-Sowers’ first book, Agartha: A Journey to the Stars where she used it to heal her newborn baby of a high fever and then later, [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Powerful+Heart+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f09%2f01%2f520%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/520/#comments"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/comment.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/520/feed/"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/commentrss.png"></a> </div> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813512/ugza7/blog.htm~The-Powerful-Heart http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813512/ugza7/blog.htm~The-Powerful-Heart#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:20:43 +0000 ellenkennon http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/?p=520 ]]> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813512/ugza7/blog.htm~The-Powerful-Heartfeed/ 2 ellenkennon <font color="#1D22A1" >Well, we took our 16 year old daughter to boarding school Saturday and although I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach right after we left, I did feel good about her living accommodations and frame of mind, as she had her boyfriend and best friend with her who will also be [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Empty+Nesting!+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f08%2f17%2fempty-nesting%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/empty-nesting/#comments"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/comment.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/empty-nesting/feed/"><img height=16 border=0 src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/commentrss.png"></a> </div> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813513/ugza7/blog.htm~Empty-Nesting http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813513/ugza7/blog.htm~Empty-Nesting#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:15:13 +0000 ellenkennon http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/?p=513 ]]> http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/1813513/ugza7/blog.htm~Empty-Nestingfeed/ 2 ellenkennon LSMSA3 Classic Marc, Snow & White Opal are three of our most popular colors used in Marc Charbonnet's project above. <font color="#1D22A1" >If September’s Fall Issue of  House Beautiful hasn’t arrived yet, here’s a link to the quotes from designers & color consultants sharing how they help clients find just the right colors! On another note, some friends of mine (Marcie & Dennis Hargroder) recently had an article written in a local magazine showcasing their wonderful “camp” on the river [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=How+Experts+Arrive+at+Inspired+Color+Choices+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f08%2f12%2fhow-experts-arrive-at-inspired-color-choices%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" 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Here’s Mimi Read’s article based on my analysis of each color’s personality:  Color Numerology: Numerology Key to Your Color Personality  Read the article to find out how to use the following chart to see what color vibration your name is!  Remember, a [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=I%26%238217%3bm+a+Green!++What+color+are+you%3f+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f08%2f11%2fim-a-green-what-color-are-you%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" 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is devoting the entire week to it.  Today’s Live in Full Color Blog post gives quite [...]]]></font> <div style="clear:both;"><a title="Tweet This" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Sensational+Color+on+House+Beautiful%26%238211%3bAll+Week!+http%3a%2f%2fellenkennon.wordpress.com%2f2009%2f08%2f10%2fsensational-color-on-house-beautiful-all-week%2f"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/icons/twitter.jpg"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feedblitz.com/f?Track=http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm&publisher=5578733"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/email.gif"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/blog.htm"><img height="16" border="0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/images/rss.gif"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://ellenkennon.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/sensational-color-on-house-beautiful-all-week/#comments"><img height=16 border=0 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