| Surely, I'm Charmed | | Posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:18:37 PM by Kate Grant | What a beautiful word, "charms". Meaning enchanted; bewitched, casting a magic spell, or in our case cameos or amulets, they were always associated with magic, with the belief that when you give it to a loved one, it will act as a lucky charm. 
Charm bracelets are a beautiful and ever growing gift, you can give your wife on your wedding day, adding charms along the years, as you grow together a s couple. There are so many shapes, it's hard to know where to begin.
You can get them in gold, silver or pewter, have them engraved by laser or even set a stone of your choice in the charm. Charms are usually given as a sign marking a significant event. Every meaningful event in your life, a child's birth, anniversaries, going back to school, a special birthday, children getting married, special hobbies and interests, and more, receives its own charm.
You can wear a locket with pictures of your loved ones around your neck or hang it on the bracelet, have tiny boots mark a birth of a child, and of course, a heart as a symbol of your love. Soon enough the bracelet will become quite heavy...
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| | | Charms to soothe a savage ache | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:03:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | My youngest daughter is a non-stop dancer. She twirls. She spins. She jumps to the rhythm of drumbeats playing inside her head. She sings along to music no one else can hear. And she's happy all the time and bean-pole straight. I, on the other hand, awake feeling as though sometime during the night I'd been the victim of a car crash. Bones ache. Muscles are knotted. A dull, persistent thumping running from my neck to my hip grinds at me from inside. It's how I start most mornings. And it stinks. November's Natural Health magazine dedicates several articles to coping with chronic pain and all its ugly hand-maidens, including depression. One suggestion: dance, dance, dance. "Cardiovascular exercise can increase endorphin levels, which enhances mood," the article quotes Los Angeles fitness instructor Jennifer Galardi.... | |
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| | | What is the greenest way to get around? | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 7:03:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | I concede that the clean, green mobility charms of the push bike won't seduce everyone. Unfortunately nobody has come up with such an easy, cheap and benign means of getting from A to B (other than walking), although the conundrum continues to occupy the world's best minds. Conversely, millions approach the topic completely mindlessly, which explains why transport accounts for 60 per cent of all CO2 emissions, and emissions from private cars in the UK are projected to reach 88.2m tonnes of CO2 (MtC) by 2010. The worst opprobrium, as ever, should be saved for those who have undone any slight fuel efficiency gains by swanning about in gas guzzlers (formalise your distaste at www.stopurban4x4s.org.uk). Car clubs such as www.citycarclubs.co.uk are a great idea, liberating cars from being a polluting status symbol to a more sustainable service.... | |
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| | | An oddly moving tete-a-tete | | Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:13:44 AM by Blog57 Team | | The wedding reception is winding down. The smooth 30 ish bachelor (Aaron Eckhart), perhaps having steeled himself with champagne, wanders over to the attractively embittered bridesmaid (Helena Bonham Carter) hovering at a back table. He charms, she parries, he ripostes. We can guess where this is going. Or can we? The charm of ``Conversations With Other Women," a gimmicky but oddly moving two-character drama that flies in from who knows where, is its intelligentknowingness. The couple at the film's center -- we never do learn their names -- is well aware of the pleasures and dangers of the path on which they're about to embark. They know the rules of engagement, and they know when to break them. ``The illusion of effortlessness takes great effort indeed," sighs the bridesmaid, and, brother, she ain't kidding.... | |
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| | | Agile staging, deft musical charms dish up a frothy 'Die ... | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:15:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | The San Francisco Opera officially opened its season Friday night, but it wasn't until 24 hours later that the real celebrations began. That's when a rollicking, musically first-rate production of "Die Fledermaus" took the stage, to everyone's manifest delight. At first glance, David Gockley's decision to add this piece to the season schedule he inherited from Pamela Rosenberg seemed like something of a head-scratcher. Johann Strauss Jr.'s operetta about the mildly salacious infidelities of the Viennese upper crust is an entertaining but sometimes creaky affair, steeped in bygone traditions. And with a not-quite-starry cast in place, the whole thing had the whiff of filler about it. Well, ha ha ha. Saturday's opening performance at the War Memorial Opera House proved to be its own ample justification, a giddy roundelay of bright comic turns and ebullient musical charms.... | |
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| | | Philharmonic charms with outdoor merriment | | Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 5:12:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Shades of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra! No, the Boston Pops was not present, but the next best thing was. The Riverside County Philharmonic is one of the finest orchestras in Southern California. CONCERT REVIEW: RIVERSIDE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC When: Saturday Where: Fairmount Park, Riverside Coming Up: "Bad Boy Beethoven," featuring Anton Nel, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Riverside Municipal Auditorium Information: (877) 744-5849 Maestro Patrick Flynn brought his fine orchestra to Riverside's Fairmont Park. He not only conducted a fine concert but also gave a pre-concert talk about the music to be played in the upcoming season. He also rehearsed the orchestra on music to be heard later that afternoon. The Phil brought musical and nonmusical fun and games.... | |
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| | | Ehindero Expresses Fears on 2007 Polls | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:02:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, yesterday said the spate of political killings portends danger for the country ahead of 2007 polls, especially if they remained unravelled. The IG spoke while meeting with 25 gubernatorial aspirants in Ekiti State in his office in Abuja. The aspirants at the meeting included six from the Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), 12 from Alliance for Democracy (AD), four aspirants of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two from National Democratic Party (NDP) and one from the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). The meeting came against the background of accusations, by two of the aspirants, Senator Bode Olowoporoku and former deputy governor of the state, Mr. Abiodun Aluko, that the Ekiti State Government and the Nigeria Police were responsible for the murder, penultimate Monday, of a PDP gubernatorial aspirant, Dr.... | |
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| | | Mystery writer's `Limehouse' volume charms | | Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:03:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | Will Thomas is proving to be one of those rare mystery novelists who really smack 'em out of the park with their first books, and then just keep swattin' 'em out as they go along. An Oklahoma librarian, Thomas took a reported five years to write his first, brilliant mystery, ``Some Danger Involved,'' which was published in 2004; then came back in 2005 with another great one, ``To Kingdom Come''; and here he is with another winner, ``The Limehouse Text.'' Thomas invented a great detective team for his thrill-filled series, which takes place in the gritty London of the 1880s: Cyrus Barker, a world-traveled, multilingual ``inquiry agent,'' and Thomas Llewelyn, his Welsh assistant. Llewelyn was heartbroken, starving and nearly ready to end his life when Barker hired him for the job that had ``Some Danger Involved.'' Together, they are one of the great detective duos, a la Holmes and Watson or Wolfe and Goodwin.... | |
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| | | I think I've finally worked out why the Lib Dems are hellbent on complete and total destruction | | Posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:02:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | It was the eminent pathologist Dave Stewart who first classified something called "paradise syndrome" for the general public. Dave, who had a warm-up career as one half of the Eurythmics before his audacious run on the chief medical officer's job, explained that the condition sees people with perfect lives contrive imaginary problems. It was this that had caused him to fork out for unnecessary surgery to remove his appendix in Bangkok (a city where people have always paid for diversions we might class as "specialist") and, while he knew how destructive his behaviour was, he felt a constant and irresistible urge to scupper himself. .... | |
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| | | Put your lawn ornaments out, leave your ‘charms’ in | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:00:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | Hello, friends and neighbors. Don't you just love these summer days? It's so hot the fish only bite in the early morning. I love the fruits and vegetables this time of year; the watermelons so sweet and juicy, and then there are the blueberries, corn and tomatoes. There's nothing like tomato sandwiches made with warm tomatoes from the garden. There's enough time after work to fire up the grill and eat outside in the cool of the evening. Flowers are in full bloom and the river and creeks just meander along. It makes you glad to be alive. What's the big deal? Timmi Toler's column in The Daily News a couple weeks ago about breast-feeding in public sure did stir things up. Daily News contributor Carol Moore stirred it up again in her column last week. I don't understand what all the hoopla is about.... | |
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| | | Give your nails extra sparkle with decals, charms or artwork what's ... next | | Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 2:59:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Take the plunge this summer and decorate your nails. Whether they're artificial or natural, you've got lots of options. Freehand: You don't have to be a professional artist to add artwork to your nails. Dip the end of a toothpick into nail polish. Make dots to form a flower or make the outline of a heart. Use a dab of nail glue to add a rhinestone or glitter in the center. Seal with a top coat. Airbrush: An airbrush machine sprays paint. Salons often have a nail tech who can provide the service for a few dollars per nail. Decals: These tiny stickers available online or in local stores might require water to dissolve the backing before application; others are simply peel and stick. Read the directions to determine if a top coat is advisable. Charms: There are flat and raised varieties.... | |
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