Once again, obsessed with words.

Today I had to use a foreign language site to order a book for the library where I work. This is much easier now that browsers include the right-click option to Translate This Page. I had to register and fill out all of the forms for shipping. One of the drop down boxes has stayed with me all day. It has amused and puzzled me. 

Saccharine

                                          

One of the many coping skills suggested for folks going through stressful times (and whom out there is not?) is to focus on happy thoughts and images. The theory being that if you imagine a happy spot, or even look at pictures of kitties & puppies instead of dwelling on your particular situation, you will rework the neural pathways in your brain from negativity to positivity. Of course, sometimes this takes odd twists. Here are some of the pretty rainbow pictures that have begun to crop up in my sketchbooks since I started thinking positively.