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I try to call my 95 year old mom pretty regularly. It’s getting harder and harder as 1. She has difficulty hearing 2. She has difficulty understanding 3. It’s getting more difficult to have a conversation at all as there is a lot of repeating. Each call makes me wonder how many more times willContinue reading “Firsts and Lasts”

Turns out…Siri is a better navigator than me. She got us to all of our destinations yesterday without one missed turn. Okay. There was one…but it all worked out, as it always does. Here are some photos (I was going to say a few, but I had trouble narrowing it down to a few!) fromContinue reading “Siri and The Hamptons”

I know many of you will have similar stories – different locations, different times…similar challenges. Let’s go back 32+ years. Glen and I were on our honeymoon in Spain. We started in London, made our way to Paris and then took the train to Barcelona. From there we rented a car and headed south. ItContinue reading “Driving Miss Joyce”

Today marks the beginning of the final two weeks of our adventure here in NYC. Its highly likely the pending occurrence has contributed to melancholy I spoke of in my prior post. I’m finding that I tend to write more of these types of posts when I am working my way out of the melancholy.Continue reading “A Looming Farewell”

The switch has flipped. I now go through each day thinking…Will this the the last time that I/we…before we head home? I’m trying SUPER hard to stay in the moment. It’s hard. Glen’s been a bit under the weather and/or working like a demon so I’ve had some days to meander on my own. I’veContinue reading “Sunday in the Park”

(Note: I “drafted this email Friday evening after an exceptionally “taxing” (October 15th) week. I’m now editing Sunday morning on the subway in search of that perfect NYC bagel. What a perfect NYC experience.) I hope you’ll stay with me. I promise to make this about more than just darkness. We’ve been asked, why areContinue reading “Musings on Death, Etc.”

I promised that after reconnecting with my cousins, I wasn’t done. A college friend had reached out to me about my college roommate, Therese. He was hoping to “find” her after 30+ years because he found her doppelganger. (He sent a picture. I thought it WAS her 30 years ago!) I wasn’t much help, butContinue reading “Ebb and Flow…Still? Again?”

Nothing earth-shattering…but the weather is absolutely delightful here. It actually feels like a California fall right now – warm and dry with a gentle breeze. This warm weather is delaying the fall colors so we may not get to enjoy that beauty like we were hoping. We are heading out to the Hamptons next week.Continue reading “This and That”

We had the great pleasure of hanging out with my cousin, Randy and his wife Alison today. You might remember that in the original Ebb and Flow post I talked about reconnecting with my cousins who though not far away, we haven’t seen much over the years. We all get busy and there are lotsContinue reading “Ebb and Flow – With Cousin Number 2!”

Okay. Those were a couple heavy posts. Have I mentioned how much I/we love it here? GAT loves it so much he took a red eye to get back here sooner! Or maybe it’s because he missed Dug and me! Yesterday I took the subway over to the East River, south of the Brooklyn Bridge.Continue reading “Whew”