A better idea
The season is about to change, I can feel it. Evidence that fall is around the corner is everywhere. August has never been my favorite month – it’s hot and dry, most gardens are looking parched and leggy, the grass is brown. But despite the dusty heat there is a ripple of excitement in the […]
A notable birthday
Our eldest child will turn forty in the morning – forty. I can hardly believe it. I can still close my eyes and conjure the moment of her birth, the moment I became a mother…. it feels like yesterday and forever ago. We’d gotten married in the fall – by Christmas I was suffering morning […]
Three hundred posts
Three hundred posts… a lot of words, a lot of memories, thoughts and emotions. For me the blog has been about more than those words on a page – it’s been a lifeline. The blog has provided an imagined connection with people even in my darkest, most confusing times – my readers have become the […]
Reminders
I’m back. I think I needed a change of pace and place, a break from what was becoming routine, a rest from reality. This is not to say I’ve come home from my holiday gung-ho, I’m not rolling up my sleeves and flying at ‘er. Nope. I’ve come home with priorities and they’re not the […]
Message Received
I’ve always wanted to see Oprah Winfrey in person, I’ve admired her quest, her honesty and her ability to connect with people. She has been one of my favorite self help gurus – sharing information and inspiration collected from a variety of sources, adding her own experiences and putting a personal spin on the message […]
Super Heroes and Me – re-posted in honor of Father’s Day 2019
Super Heroes and me ( originally posted on 3/12/2018) I don’t remember the exact day my father hung up his super hero cape, or the first time he happily rode in the passenger seat of my car, but it happened. My invincible, macho father became a mere mortal one day, and I was okay with […]
Do you remember your first grade teacher’s name?
Facebook poses the oddest questions sometimes, not generally giving a flip whether I can answer them I usually scroll right past. But the other day it asked a question that gave me pause – it wondered whether I could remember my first grade teacher’s name. ‘Hell yeah!’ I thought – part of me has been […]
A Fresh Start
I’m not so much new to the area as I am new to my life – I’m meeting people who will only know who I am today; the widow has emerged, they will never meet the wife I used to be. It occurred to me this morning after I’d had a brief conversation with […]
The Parking Lot
Dogs are not allowed on the promenade – the beautiful cobbled boardwalk meandering beside the sea is sanctioned for humans only. The parking lot is the closest my four-legged friends and I are permitted to get to the shores of the bay. We are not alone in our banishment, there are scores of other dog […]