I took a walk today after school to clear my head- spending the day from 8 to 5 in an elementary school surrounded by 1st and 2nd graders leaves one longing for peace and quiet by day’s end. I headed to my favorite pond where the first thing I saw was this: Oh hello there… […]
Nurturing Thursday
I have written more than once about my less than perfect relationship with my mother- you can read about it here I have also written about my choice not to become a mother- you can read about it here This year I have decided to take a positive route in writing about my mother, and […]
Terri Webster Schrandt is hosting the Sunday Stills photo challenge and this week’s theme is Refreshing. Fishing and feeling the ocean spray…. Wading into the ocean knee deep…. Running in the surf…. and of course, an Iced Coffee Refreshing
Do you use paper money? If so is your money organized sequentially according to denomination? I usually carry very little cash on me, but when I do I keep bills of the same denomination together and in sequential order. Are you comfortable doing nothing? For long stretches of time? I am pretty comfortable doing nothing, […]
I reconnected with a friend from childhood through Facebook last year. We had gone through elementary school together but lost touch pretty much after then. Her name popped up on Facebook because we had a mutual friend, which allowed us to catch up on our lives over the past almost 50 years. One of her […]
Birthdays of friends and family members seem to be indelibly marked within my brain. The birthdays of childhood friends who I haven’t seen in 40 years-when the date of their birthday arrives, I can’t help but think to myself, it’s so and so’s birthday. This can be a double edged sword, as today, April 24th, […]
Birthdays of friends and family members seem to be indelibly marked within my brain. The birthdays of childhood friends who I haven’t seen in 40 years-when the date of their birthday arrives, I can’t help but think to myself, it’s so and so’s birthday. This can be a double edged sword, as today, April 24th, […]
From Wikipeida: Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. It […]
Free and Easy
Nancy says: Who remembers watching Sesame Street as a child (or with your child) and hearing “One of these things is not like the others. Which one is different? Can you tell?” One of these things
One bud opened… Trees beginning to bloom… Awakening
This book belonged to my great grandmother, who was born in 1881. For many years we thought it was a diary, as it was written all in German and no one in the family knew German. After I was married, I realized my mother in law might be able to help as she was raised […]
Been anywhere recently for the first time? Sundays are my husband’s and my “excursion day”- we like to visit new places that are no more than a 2 hour drive away. We usually take these day trips during the Spring, Summer and Fall as the winter weather can be prohibitive and during tax season my […]
April is here but the air is still cold… it’s only in the 20’s. More like January than April. Signs of Spring are beginning to appear, the birds are finding mates, and buds are showing on the trees. My Spring clothes hang waiting to be chosen, my sweaters tired from being worn. Here are some […]
Are we who we are because of genetics? environment? a combination of both? As I have grown older I have to come to realize I am my father’s daughter most certainly. So much of who I am, the things that make me tick, are so because of him. I was always closer with my father […]
Nurturing Thursday
What is your favorite color of hair? You can name your hair color or a color that you just like. I think Auburn hair is just beautiful. It is not too red or orange, but a deep rich shade unlike anything else. List at least 5 things that you are good at. Listening. Growing Orchids […]
I am sharing this on my blog in the hope that maybe some of my European friends can offer suggestions. The dog, Joey and my cousin John are in Frankfurt at the moment, unable to fly out. Lufthansa claimed Joey was too agitated and they pulled him off the flight he was supposed to be […]
I saw these words posted on an Instagram feed and they resounded with me….the people who took the time to encourage and share a moment with me as a child are still remembered all these years later. As an adult I have always felt I wanted to be there for those younger than me- bridging […]
I am a week late for Paula’s Traces of the Past- but it is still Wednesday here, so I will get my post in under the wire. This week my mind keeps wandering back to traces of my own past.. I am not sure why. I had an unpleasant occurrence at work last week-people I […]
What is your earliest memory? I think my earliest memories go back to age 4, which I suppose is not so unusual. We still lived in Queens, NY then, moving to New Jersey when I turned 5. I have snippets of things I remember, watching Lassie in my little rocking chair and always crying at […]
Sunrise on a snowy morning Sunrise over the Ocean Sunset Sunset Sunset to Sunrise
Well it’s another day without the internet, making it 6 and 1/2. Today I stayed home from school as I starting getting a cough Sunday night, which was not abating yesterday. A day free from germs, noise and commotion sounded like a good idea. Rest, tea and steaming a better way to go. Especially seeing […]
A Day In The Life 
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