Author: Pam

  • Serve Saturday 7.4.26 – Links to Donate

    This is just a quick post. As mentioned in today’s TikTok/Reel, if you’re able to give today, I’m sharing two opportunities to support people in need. 1. Disaster relief following the earthquake in Venezuela 2. Help a family affected by the Aspen Acres Fire in Colorado

  • 6.28.26 NEW Saguaro Sunday YouTube Video!

    πŸ“– Read the full blog post if you’d like to take your time and reflect at your own pace: https://bloomingsaguaro.com/2026/06/28/6-28-26-saguaro-sunday-%F0%9F%8C%B5/ πŸŽ₯ Prefer to listen? Watch the new YouTube version, where I share this week’s reflections in a more conversational format and talk through the story behind Blooming Saguaro! Whether you choose to read, watch, or…

  • 6.28.26 Saguaro Sunday πŸŒ΅

    Prefer to read or listen? For this very first Saguaro Sunday, you can now experience the reflection in whichever format works best for you. πŸ“– Read the full blog post below if you’d like to take your time and reflect at your own pace. πŸŽ₯ Prefer to listen? Watch the YouTube version, where I share…

  • OPW Challenge 2025

    Here we go again! I kept the blog going a bit longer in 2024 than I had in 2023, so I’m happy about that, but I’m still disappointed that I wasn’t able to keep it running all year long. This year, I am introducing essays to my blog. Although I’m constantly reading, listening to albums,…

  • Weeks 20-25/52 Part 3– OPW Challenge 2024

    I am ashamed! I fell behind again. I blinked and now the summer is nearly over. Well, my summer break, at least. This is my third catch-up post for weeks 13-18 (March 24 – May 4th). In my next posts I will be catching up on the art I consumed during the entire months of…

  • Weeks 20-25/52 Part 2– OPW Challenge 2024

    This is my second catch-up post for weeks 13-18 (March 24 – May 4th). This one is all about the four movies I watched! Movie: Pretty Woman (1990) Directed by Garry Marshall; Written by J. F. Lawton Summary: Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy released in 1990 starring Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward, a vivacious…

  • Weeks 20-25/52 Part 1 – OPW Challenge 2024

    It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to and why I haven’t been keeping up with my blog: the school year ended, I ended a long-term relationship, I went out of town to celebrate my sister’s birthday, my washer broke, I got two flat tires, I had to…

  • Week 19/52 – OPW Challenge 2024

    One of my friends lent me Know My Name, and because it’s a heavy read, it’s taken me a while to finish it. Believe me, it’s worth it. (Week 19: May 5-11) Book: Know My Name: A Memoir (2019) by Chanel Miller Summary: Know My Name is a powerful memoir written by Chanel Miller, formerly…

  • Weeks 13-18/52 Part 2– OPW Challenge 2024

    This is my second catch-up post for weeks 13-18 (March 24 – May 4th). This one is all about the four movies I watched! Movie: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Directed by Adam Wingard; Screenplay by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater Summary: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a 2024…

  • Weeks 13-18/52 Part 1– OPW Challenge 2024

    It happened. I stopped keeping up with my blog for a month 😦 Last time I said March was busy, but April was really busy. We had state testing at work, and so I was out proctoring tests for 3rd-11th graders for two weeks. Then I don’t know what happened; I had to recover I…