MaggieMoose: Simply Called Love

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

Lao Tzu

  Last night was a big night. After much delay for numerous reasons, we received our first shipment of MaggieMooseTracks® kid's dinnerware meal sets. We created the kid's plate, bowl & cup for kids to enjoy time with Maggie at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The illustrations on the dinnerware go with our Book 1 MaggieMooseTracks® Making Friends. 

These fictional images are as lovable as Maggie is in real life. Maggie's love has given me the strength and courage to dare to create. Love is a powerful fuel. Our slogan living life full of moose size pawsabilities around the world came from my precious dog Maggie. We both know that what we create can change kids (or adults) lives for the better. There's no white noise in our MaggieMooseTracks® world, just sensitivity to what really matters; love of self and others. Although our MaggieMooseTracks® books are filled with colorful outdoor adventures, our books also provide a sense of calm and belonging. Maggie and I think kids want to enjoy some quiet time in a land full of imagination and creativity. At the end of last night Maggie looked at me with her soulful eyes. They peered into mine. I felt as if she told me it's simply called love. And yes Maggie, we are living a life full of moose size pawsabilities! And others can too! It's pawsable.

MaggieMoose: Mooseketeer Paws of Imagination

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do."

Walt Disney

  Imagination rocks. When Maggie and I take our walks we look for magic around us. We came upon the Mickey Mouse mushroom. We were filled with excitement! We thought to ourselves how cool is this? Thanks Walt Disney for filling our lives and others with a timeless curiosity in all things most interesting and fabulous. 

MaggieMoose: Pow Wow Tales of Magic

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."

Joseph Addison

  I told Maggie all about when Maggie's human sib Julie and I attended the Stanford Pow Wow over Mother's Day weekend. The Stanford Pow Wow was held in the eucalyptus grove circle on Stanford University campus. We enjoyed our Indian tacos while we waited for the ceremonies to begin. To our right view we witnessed a young girl's curiosity and pure enthrallment happen. This young girl went up to one of the drum groups while they prepared for the Pow Wow drumming event. At the same time some of the drum group's members prepared the ritual of piece by piece applying their dance costumes for the dancing competitions. This little girl might have come straight out of the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was the cutest girl. Her curiosity reminded me of my now grown daughter Julie who sat next to me. A perfect Mother's Day gift to me to reflect on mothering memories.

The members of this drum group were so sweet with the young girl. We could tell from afar they answered all her inquisitive questions. Before the Pow Wow started the drum group received CDs of their music to later sell to the crowd. The little girl studied the CD case of their drum music for the longest time. Finally, she melted back into the crowd of people and the Pow Wow ceremonies began. My daughter and I witnessed pre-Pow Wow magic as it might have filled this little girl's soul with imagination of an agreeable surprise. Maggie was pleased. WOOF WOOF