Social distancing? Not me.  If the definition of social is:

1. relating to society or its organization.
2. needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities

Physical distancing? I am all in.  Per my doctors’ orders, John and I have been in isolation here on Highland Avenue since March 13th and have no plans on going anywhere until May 1st.Read More

Have you created your masterpiece?  If not, do you have an idea of what it might look or sound like?  Obviously my relationship with my husband, John, is a masterpiece, but perhaps there is another consummate expression of my time here on earth waiting to be constructed.  And I think I know what it might be.

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“The vainest, most slap-happy and irreverent of men, in the presence of redwoods, goes under a spell of wonder and respect.” —John Steinbeck

I think I know what Mr. Steinbeck meant with the above quote.  I felt that sense of wonder and respect when I walked through the town of Westport, County Mayo in 2001.  It hit me unexpectedly as I set foot in the house where my grandmother was born.  A draíochta (Irish for magical) feeling came over me.  Travel has a way of touching us deeply.

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My Mom was on the right track when she would tell me, “the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. According to studies, when we set out with ‘good intentions’ on a large scale, things usually go sideways. Read a fascinating article about that here.

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Well, I am wrapping up eleven months of doing my best to connect through the world of newsletters and blogs.

In February I started off with a simple mission: “To share concise stories that inspire and connect our communities, and those stories will hopefully support the idea that we are all in this together.”

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“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” —Erma Bombeck

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