I saw that cartoon this morning and had to laugh. The times have changed, selfie is now a recognized word in the dictionary, and we are all able to document every place and moment of our lives using our phone cameras. Before this we had photo booths, first invented and patented in 1925, called the “Photomaton”. The original […]
Yesterday I spent the day with my friend who is dying. On my way home I stopped at a Starbucks, and for the first time in my life I ordered (as per the suggestion of the girl behind the counter when I asked what I could get with whipped cream) a large, decaf iced toffee […]
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 […]
This morning when I logged onto WordPress to catch up on the blogs that came in from all over the world over night while I slept, I was linked to two other blogs, having been “chosen” to participate in a challenge. This has occurred before, and I have participated on days when I have time, […]
The school I work in is having a book fair this week and I have been manning the table where people pay for their books. My first customer, a 5th grade student, gave me a $20 bill for a $5.98 purchase. I handed him back 2 pennies, and started counting, saying 6, then gave him […]
Someone I know from town, not a friend, just an aquaintance, stopped me the other morning as I was taking my walk, to issue a litany of complaints about some people that he had seen that in his eyes were acting inappropriately and to express his unhappiness about them. This is not out of the ordinary […]
A local flower nursery advertised they were having an “Art Imitating Life Imitating Art Show” with artists displaying their floral and nature artwork amid the flowers and plants in the nursery. My husband and I decided to make it part of our Sunday outing. We arrived to find the art seemed to be in short supply, […]
I went down to my favorite pond this morning, and as I started out on the pathway, always on the lookout for interesting things, I saw what looked like a rock, but I went to check it out anyway. Lo and behold, it was a turtle! I have seen many painted turtles laying out sunning […]
This Friday marks the 17th anniversary of my mother in laws death. In Hebrew this is called the “Yahrzeit”. The custom in our family is to visit the grave of the deceased in the week leading up to the Yahrzeit, which is what my husband and I did on Sunday. Nine months before my mother in […]
The Daily Prompt asks: Which subject in school did you find impossible to master? Did math give you hives? Did English make you scream? Do tell! Math. My brain is just not able to make any sense of it. I managed to learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, but pretty much stopped there. […]
The local Audubon Society was having a walk yesterday, so my husband and I decided to go along. Our guide led us along the trail of the nature center pointing out different plants and trees along the way, and stopping to identify the bird calls. and some feathers….this one from a Northern Flicker Here he pointed […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all my fellow bloggers who chose to become Mothers. This was my post last Mother’s Day, which I am posting again this year. My BFF and I both chose not to have children, and re dubbed Mother’s Day “Happy I’m Not A Mother Day” years ago. We both married in our […]
Now that Spring seems to have arrived I have taken to walking outdoors early each morning. I head over to a local pond about one mile away. I walk around the pond listening to the sounds of the birds and ducks and whoever else is lurking within the brush. I did a double take when […]
On Sundays my husband and I like to take short day trips to visit different places in our area. Our area is rich in the history of the events during the Revolutionary War. After British forces were driven from Boston in March, 1776, General George Washington headed to New York City, where he arrived on […]
I came home from work today and just could not stand the thought of not spending some time outdoors soaking in the beauty of the late afternoon. I quickly changed and put on my sneakers and headed out. Here are some of the sights I took in.
Marilyn over at Serendipity, has started a twice a week writing prompt- linked to a photo. In her words: “I would like to keep telling stories linked to pictures. Every picture has a story or ought to. “ So I am joining in and giving it a try. I have been thinking about my friend Mark this week, […]
We visited a local park yesterday and ended up walking four miles because the weather was just so perfect. Here are a few of the sights from the day Spring […]
Today, April 18th is Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Ha Shoa here in the United States and in Israel. Many Jewish communities hold commemorative ceremonies or events to remember Holocaust victims who died during World War II. The day serves as a memorial to the six million Jewish people who were slaughtered by the Nazis […]
I received a notification on Facebook yesterday that I had been added to the 40th year high school reunion group for my class. 40 years? Really? Is it possible that I am old enough to actually have graduated from high school 40 years ago? In my town, we went to a junior high school, grades […]
New York City Skyline Lost In Translation-Thursday’s Special
I was in New York City yesterday walking along Broadway in Times Square I saw a crowd of people huddled together all looking up, and at first assumed it was a group of tourists with their tour guide. I got closer and looked up myself, only to find all those people including me, were on the […]
I spent a few hours at the mall today, just sitting with a close friend in some nice big oversized chairs provided by the mall. We did some window shopping but then just sat and talked. The mall was filled with a lot of teenagers and grandparents with young grandchildren who were off from school […]
I recently found out my friend’s cancer returned. It had been three years of clear scans so we all felt she was doing well, and life would continue that way. Then a report came back last month saying there was evidence of something lurking, and treatment would be necessary once again. She was told to […]
The day started out only in the 20’s, and did not get very warm but the sky was a brilliant blue so I just had to get out of the house and take it in. I went to take a walk and saw some seagulls also enjoying the sunI spotted some buds on a treeand […]
While training to become a volunteer in the hospital to visit patients, one of the first things I was told was never to say to a patient “I know how you feel.” Because no one knows how that person feels- only they are living in that experience. Validating how they feel is a good thing, […]
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