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Christmas Greetings
I am delighted that you stopped by this busy season to see what’s going on here at Little Bit’s of Beauty™. I am grateful for each and everyone of you who’s followed me here,on facebook and twitter too. You’ve encouraged me to keep on keeping on, and inspired me with beauty tidbits of your own. I’m looking forward to a […] -
Mark Zuckerberg-Times Man of the Year!
Well, it’s official, controversial Mark Zuckerberg, age 26, is the Times Man of the Year. He is the second youngest person so named, after Charles Lindberg who was 25 when he was selected in 1927; although a whole generation “Under 25” was named in 1966. What makes this a Little Bit of Beauty™ you ask? I say it’s inspirational for a person, any […] -
Coral Reef Preservation: an Artist’s Statement
British artist Jason de Caires Taylor explores the relationships between art and the environment, creating artificial reefs like no other. Much of this young artist’s childhood was spent on the coral reefs of Malaysia where he developed a profound love of the sea and a fascination with the natural world. This would later lead him to spend several years working as a […] -
Clean Water-Donate Your Birthday for a Good Cause: via Santa Rosa Interior Design
For me, charity is practical. It’s sometimes easy, more often inconvenient, but always necessary. It’s the ability to use one’s position of influence, relative wealth and power to affect lives for the better. charity is singular and achievable. Founder of Charity Water, Scott Harrison Charity: Water is a non-profit organization who’s goal is to bringing clean and safe drinking water […] -
Sand Mandalas as Art–Sonoma Style
In keeping with the SLOW trend I recently saw a facebook post on Joe Mangrum, a New York artist and alumnus of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has created a Kick Start program to raise money to bring his temporary street installations of sand mandalas (a slow and patient art form ) to a wider audience through large scale photography. Since […] -
Yurts Can Be Beautiful
What is a Yurt? A yurt is a portable, felt covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by nomads and others in the steppes and cities of Central Asia. The very word yurt is originally from the Turkic word that means “dwelling place” in the sense of “homeland”. Yurts are centuries old and they are thought to have originated in Mongolia […]
