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My Dad died on May 19, 2019. I was fortunate, I was able to sit with my Dad for the last few days. He was mostly not conscious, AND I believe he heard everything I said to him. Like many of my generation and my Dad’s, we had a complicated relationship. AND viewed through theContinue reading “Which is “better”, Love or Like?”

It was a busy week. Lots of walks. Lots of delicious meals. Lots of photos. And “the best”, you ask? Well, the best is that Blair Thomas was here to enjoy it with us! Today as we walked down the street to “the best” bakery with “the best” croissants (I challenge Paris to make themContinue reading “The Best”

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with summer. Mostly love. The hate comes in to play when I think of the its predictable ending. Sheesh. That’s a glass half empty. One time I counted up the number of summers I had spent anxiously awaiting the start of the school year after it had ended inContinue reading “Ode to Summer or Hello Retirement?”

I could just as easily titled this blog post “reflection”, but then maybe you wouldn’t read further. Cuz we all know the issues with my self reflection – self absorption. Right?!? 1976 was a big year for many reasons. It was our country’s 200th anniversary. That was just a bit complicated by the end ofContinue reading “December 26, 1976”

Life. There’s an ebb and flow. People come and people go. We all move through our days and years in the best way that we know how. We reflect on our choices and we plan for our futures. This week I have been thinking about people who have not been present in my recent dailyContinue reading “Ebb and Flow”

Who knew? Mosquitos are such a thing here. City mosquitos? Outdoor bars have mosquito repellant available. I find myself not spending as much time on the stoop in the early evening because they love me. But I will win. No little bzzzz is going to keep me from doing what I love.

I’m learning to see life in a much less binary way. Much less beginnings and endings. Much more “In The Middle.” Yes, life has many starts and stops. And we spend most of our lives in the middle. Wednesday will be our middlest point. I intend to celebrate it in the middle of the intersectionContinue reading “In The Middle”

So without actually counting, I think that we are about half way through our adventure. People have asked…Too long? Too short? (I wrote an earlier post about the “Goldilocks” syndrome.) And for now…I’ll have to say that I won’t know till it’s over because so far so good! I have a google doc that IContinue reading “Half Empty? Half Full?”

We had friends from Texas here for a few days. What a blast. Watch for a post about our adventures soon… I want to take a moment to pay my respects. Yes, it’s all over the news…20 years ago tomorrow our world changed. Glen and I woke up today and decided to make a tripContinue reading “Respects”

Sometimes, my apparent penchant for repetitive mistakes confounds me. I’ve developed certain strategies in my 39 years in the workforce. One that almost always works is a fundamental belief that I am never the smartest person in a meeting. First, it is almost always true. AND it allows, no even forces me, to bring thoseContinue reading “Fascinating”