It’s November. I hear the steam heat coming up in the morning, I need a jacket to go outside. Daylight ends early with darkness descending making me want to run for home. However, yesterday the temps hit close to 70 degrees and the sun was shining. Perfect weather. It made for a perfect day to […]
I met Larry while volunteering at a center for people with Aphasia. Aphasia is a speech disorder brought on by an injury to the brain- a stroke, or an accident. It hinders the ability to speak, to get words out, or when trying to say a word the wrong word comes out. The center has many […]
I try to go to the gym at least 4 days out of the week. Some weeks I am successful, or even make it there 5 days, other weeks (like last week) I have too many early morning obligations and just can’t get there. Those days I always park far from a store if I […]
This park is the site of George Washington’s 1776 encampment opposite Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan. It was selected as a site to help defend New York and the Hudson Valley against the onslaught of the British during the Revolution. Having resisted the British siege of Boston, George Washington turned his attention to […]
Here are some blue skies I put together….in case your day isn’t shaping up to look like a blue sky day
I attended a wedding on Sunday. The bride is the daughter of a friend of my husband’s. I have gotten to know this friend over the years too. His has been a sad story these past 6 years. His oldest daughter died suddenly 6 years ago at the age of 23. Three years later his wife […]
Would you rather take pictures or be in pictures? I think I would rather be the picture taker. Since I have started blogging I have become much more aware of the scenes around me, always looking for the photo in the moment. I do like being in photos too, they help to keep a memory […]
My brother in law has had a lifetime of struggling with his weight. His mother was a large woman always on a diet. She liked to eat. She liked food. She never wasted food, having fled Nazi Germany and struggling when she came to America in 1938, there was no wasting the food her husband […]
Is being a worrier something we are born with, or is it a learned behavior? Perhaps a combination of both? Scientific research suggests that worriers are not born that way, but their need to worry develops during their lifetime as an attempt to cope with both anxiety and with life challenges. One of the boys […]
Today my husband and I went to a street fair. It was a beautiful day and unseasonably warm for the beginning of fall. The street was lined with booths with craft items, information handouts, plants, and then this: What a way to ruin a lovely day. Just seeing the sign made me break out in […]
News came to me yesterday that someone I had known long ago had died. His name was Howard. Hearing he had died made me sad, made me think back to my childhood. He and his family lived on the block I grew up on, and I started babysitting for his children when I was 10. I remember […]
September 11th holds unforgettable meaning for those of us living in the United States. I live 10 minutes from New York City, making the World Trade Center- the Twin Towers, not a tourist attraction, but a part of the skyline I was able to see from a local highway, the towering size of the towers looming […]
This summer has not been a hot one. The temps stayed below average for the most part, and some nights were downright chilly in my opinion. I like it hot. I don’t use air conditioning, and I don’t mind the warmth. Now finally, this last week of August, it feels like summer. My husband and […]
I came down to my kitchen this morning to find the sun was not yet up, the room still dark. Oh boy I thought, summer is officially ending. The windows were all closed to keep the morning chill out too. I have heard people say they miss the seasons when they have moved to a […]
I never went to summer camp. My friends “on the block” all went to day camp every summer. The bus picked them up, and off they went for the day, coming home late afternoon with stories of how they swam, played games, went on trips. When I asked my mother if I could go to […]
I received an email from an old friend yesterday. She moved away over a year ago, far away, back to her home country of Trinidad. I will most likely never see her again which makes me sad. We became friendly when she became a caregiver aide for a close friend of mine. The friendship was […]
The Daily Prompt: Back on January 21st, we asked you to predict what day #211 would be like. Well, July 30th is that day — how have your predictions held up so far? Here is my post written in response to the prompt back in January: I do not like to make predictions, or plan that […]
It happened again. I found myself wandering through the junior department in Macy’s. In my head I could hear my voice saying “you need to dress “age appropriately”, get out of this department.” but the cute lace top hanging a few steps away was calling in a louder voice. I dress fairly conservatively. I wear […]
My husband received a call from his second cousin who lives in Belgium, inviting us to the wedding of his son that was to be held in New York. We had connected with this cousin about ten years ago when I was researching the family tree. We felt we must attend as he had made […]
Marilyn at Serendipity has a new challenge for the week-and today is Tantrum Tuesday – Rant day! Whatever you are pissed off about, let’er rip! Don’t hold back. How do you really feel? Well I spent my Tuesday ranting. And now thanks to Marilyn who deemed today’s challenge Tantrum Tuesday I get to do it all […]
I read the following in a local paper and thought I would share it. Simple message, and the 4th R I would add is Remember it! Recognizing — recognizing the good, the good that is always present in our lives, all the things with which we are constantly blessed. See the cup as half full […]
Some people need to go on at least two vacations a year, minimum. They like to travel, they feel the need to get away from all the stress in their daily lives. Others don’t have stress but like to go away, see new places, be pampered. There is something nice about leaving a hotel room […]
The New Jersey Shore includes about 127 miles of Atlantic shoreline. When people plan to head to the beaches in New Jersey, they never say they are “going to the beach,” they say, we’re going “down the shore”, and not even “to the shore.”- it’s going down the shore. According to Urban Dictionary:This term is […]
I attended a birthday party for my friend’s daughter this week- she turned 12. Her grandmother read the following, (author unknown) which I found to hold a wonderful message not only for a 12 year old entering her teens, but for this 50 something year old too. Words to remember. “Everyone Can’t Be In Your […]
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During my many travels around the Internet I always stumble across things that make me laugh, cry and think. I decided to focus on the ‘think’ aspect today, and I have compiled some of my favourites to share with you. 1. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong.…
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