I wrote a post I titled Perspective a few days ago about how at this stage of my life I am content not flying around the world anywhere, not flying at all, but instead staying in my own comfort zone of calmness and less stress, spending time at the beach or visiting local sights. It […]
Perspective
I am friendly with a group of assistant teachers I have been working with for the past few years. They are all between 30 and 35 years younger than me. The difference in age doesn’t seem to make a difference, we have gone beyond having school be the unifier between us, moving on to sharing […]
August Photo A Day Challenge: August 11th: Gulls
Gulls
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Row
This week Dutch Goes the Photo has chosen the word Row. It always makes me laugh when birds line up in a row. Row
Sunday Stills: You’ve Got A Friend
Alice and I met in Fifth Grade- the year was 1968. We have been friends ever since then. Yes, that’s 50 years. Through all of life’s twists and turns. We partied together as teenagers, found and lost love, then found it again, laughed like hell and also cried together. Lost our parents and watched the […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Music
If you’ve been following my blog you are aware that my husband has been taking piano lessons for 10 years and violin for three years. He never learned to read music or play as a child, and decided to learn as an adult. To help improve his “timing” while playing, he plays once a week […]
August Photo a Day Challenge: Start With A
The photo a day challenge for August 3rd is “Start With A” My favorite beach along the New Jersey shore is Avon-by the-Sea. The word Avon is not pronounced like the cosmetic company- “Avon calling” with a long A, rather it is a short A, like in the word cat. When my husband and I […]
Movies!
I am not much of a movie goer. I prefer to watch in the comfort of my home, perhaps a video that I can pause when I want if I want to take a break. The cost of movies can be prohibitive too- close to $20 in some theatres. This summer has proven different for […]
Photo Fun
I was in NYC yesterday, walking from Midtown down to Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. (2 miles) As I walked I was struck by the differences, downtown has a completely different feel from Uptown. The buildings are much lower, less if no skyscrapers. Many very old buildings with beautiful architecture. Below is the same photo, […]
Summer Busyness
When I am off from school all summer I try to catch up on many of the things I don’t have time for during the school year when I am working. Cleaning out the house, the accumulation of 26 years of living in it, is high on the list. This year I have really made […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Childhood
Childhood in Summer Childhood
July Photo A Day Challenge: July 25: Boats
I think of boats and I think of my Grandfather. I spent my summers visiting my grandparents who lived in Long Island, New York. Their home was surrounded by water and across the bay was a Marina where my Grandfather docked his boat. Many days were spent going out on the ocean with my grandfather, […]
Wordless Wednesday
June Photo A Day Challenge
For the last day of June, the theme is Goodbye June. What a month it has been. I said good bye to the school I have worked in for eight years, good bye to many of the people I have known there, good bye to the kids I have seen grow over the years. The […]
Nurturing Thursday
Nurturing Thursday
June Photo a Day Challenge
I am late to join City Sonnet‘s June photo a day, but glad to have found it- better late than never! Waves
Sunday Stills: Tourist
I haven’t traveled in many years as I don’t like to fly. However, that doesn’t stop me and my husband from taking day trips every Sunday to visit places within a few hours car drive away, where we become tourists. Here are a few of the places we have visited Tourist
Sunday Stills: Twins
These identical twins (my cousins) did not plan on wearing the same color shirt this day (one v neck, the other crew) but did, and did not realize they were standing the same way with one leg propped up against the wall until after they saw the photograph. Twins in mind, not just appearance. Sunday […]
June Squares: Roofs
It’s time again for a photo challenge in Square format. This month Becky, at the Life of B, has chosen rooves or perhaps roofs if you prefer. The first of June will see a lot of photos of all manner of roofing. Check them out at Becky’s place. Here’s a roof at Grounds for Sculpture in […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Opening
I took this photo last week- I loved how the trees created a view finder opening for the George Washington Bridge in the distance. Perfect timing as this week’s challenge from Nancy is opening! Opening
June Squares: Roofs
It’s time again for a photo challenge in Square format. This month Becky, at the Life of B, has chosen rooves or perhaps roofs if you prefer. The first of June will see a lot of photos of all manner of roofing. Check them out at Becky’s place. This beautiful roof was taken at Olana. I […]
Ask The Windy Sea
The last hour of my day in school I work in the school library. Every year at the end of the year the librarian puts a cart out in the hallway filled with books that have not been taken out for a few years, offering them for free to whoever wants them. Last week the […]
Nurturing Thursday
Today’s quote holds special meaning. I awoke to the awful news that one of the most beloved administrators in school died suddenly and unexpectedly overnight. I entered school at 7:45 this morning to find young boys in their teens openly crying walking through the halls. The sadness and heaviness was palpable. This administrator has worked […]
Nurturing Thursday
Nurturing Thursday
Share Your World
Complete this sentence: This sandwich could really use some … Mayonnaise. That is what popped into my head when I read the question. I have been gluten intolerant for about 18 years now so sandwiches are not something I eat. My love for mayo stems from my childhood where mayonnaise was added to grill cheese […]
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