Ah, the Dyer's Souk in Marrakesh. Or perhaps I should say...an installation of warm wool....
Spun gold skeins like cotton candy.
Draped on pink walls, in great wooly tufts.
Yes, the Dyer's Souk in the Marrakech medina.
Come and be pigmented.
Morocco: and a tale of Winter coping mechanisms, Part 3: routine beauty
In winter, especially in winter, routine beauty - everyday loveliness - is what the doctor should order. Little luxuries that boost your mood when the days are short and cold {and the nights are long and even colder}.
Ah, new towels, pretty plates, a good hairbrush, cloth napkins, lemon soap, patterned pillowcases, a fluffy robe....
Invest in something for everyday -- just for you or to share.
Yes, something like the beauty of delicate Moroccan tea glasses.....So nice for sipping tea in mornings and evenings. {Those Moroccans....oh so clever.}
What elements make up your routine beauty? Do tell....
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Morocco: and a tale of Winter coping mechanisms, Part 2: color
Winter. Cold and dark. And mostly just grey. {Sigh, shall we just go back to bed?}
{And what's with wearing all that black, all that charcoal, all that brown?}
No, this won't do. This won't do at all.
Think color, yes color.
Reach for the vivacious reds, the chatty pinks, the audacious oranges.
Dig out the glittering yellows, the electric blues, the effervescent greens.
Wear it: on your neck, your shoulders, your waist.
Paint it: on your lips, your cheeks, your nails.
Unfurl it: on your bed, your table, your couch.
Wrap it around you.
And don't forget....
to dream in color, too.
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Morocco: and a tale of Winter coping mechanisms, Part 1: alive
A left off a main boulevard, down a narrow street and then around the corner.
And there it is.
The prettiest shop in Essaouira Morocco, the prettiest. It’s Winter, and it’s scarves-and-shawls-and-hats-chilly. But there {Can it be?} it’s always Summer.
Warm spices for doctoring your tea piled in baskets, one after another.
Bundles of growing things, why, everywhere.
{and some pinned to a blue door just like that}
Vow to create Summer beauty today. And then do it. If even just for you.
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