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Last Day
On my last day at Mercy Medical Center, I was happy to say goodbye, and knew I wouldn't be shedding any tears of sadness at leaving this...
Oct 26, 2021
Truly, Thoughts are things
“Truly, thoughts ARE things.” Thomas Edison Listening to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill is already making me rich, and not just...
Sep 20, 2021
Now that the team is in order
After 40 years of doing just me, 41 is the time for the team, finally finding the partner I deserve. In the Phoenix heat last year, I...
Sep 11, 2021
Finding Tomatoes on a Tuesday
We we’re almost home from our errands, ready for wine and cheese night, when we remembered what we’d forgotten: the farm fresh tomatoes....
Sep 8, 2021
When riches come, they come in such a flood that you wonder where they were in all those lean years
Adopting success consciousness today
Aug 30, 2021
Queso con choclo, Upstate style
On the way to the Mercedes dealership, Scott pointed out a roadside farm stand, the first I've seen around here. It was nothing like the...
Aug 29, 2021
Look at us! Transitioned
Good bye. . . whatever I was doing before now. Hello Good Times, Sunshine, and Van Life. All the years I spent working intermittently,...
Aug 28, 2021
Zeuk sauce and gluten at Chip and Annie’s
After noon yoga, I made mushroom and eggs, finished with a glass of red wine before we headed to our new friend date in Syracuse. Living...
Aug 27, 2021
Widespread Panic
Duane Trucks asked Jerry, “what will happen when The Grateful Dead is no longer a thing?” Hmmm. Well I supposed there will be Widespread...
Aug 27, 2021
Pickles and Heineken at the Cellar Door
Needing an outing after a day in, Scott navigated us to the great lake of Ontario while I ordered the certified check to buy our Baby...
Aug 26, 2021
Un Año Hasta 40
As I sit on the lanai of my La Gomera San Jose studio apartment, I'm astounded at my life. In the past few days I've had to resist a few...
Feb 19, 2019
Rain and Rainbows. . . saturated with beauty
These past 3 weeks in Tenerife I stared at the green hills and green water and at the end, started to wonder how an island could be so...
Feb 16, 2019
En el año pasado
In the past year. . . Having everything in walking distance used to be a dream of mine, but as I grew out of my idealism and my teenage...
Feb 8, 2019
Less than "OK" Rental Car
While I was recovering from jetlag, Seho was working to get us out of Carrer Nou 94 Llosetta, putting the Vuelling app on my phone, and...
Jan 29, 2019
“We only destroy the things we do not value.” Rachal Carson Silent Spring 1971
In October of 2013, I made my grand trek to visit the Great Smokey Mountains for the fall colors. I'd planned for years to see this...
Jan 25, 2019
Broccoli Tree Parable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESyJop31cmY Share it or lose it? This parable delineates what sharing does. When we share, there's often...
Apr 5, 2018
Cutting Skills
My new job began this week and I'm embracing it while I laugh at the contrast a full life can offer. My old job involved excising...
Apr 4, 2018
The Car Seat
To be a traveler, ingenuity is mandatory. As happy as I am with my new trick, I'm ashamed that I didn't think of it sooner. It took a ...
Mar 21, 2018
Fresh Eggs, did you know they arrive in a clutch?
As if 24 hours at Malekahana beach on Oahu wasn’t enough, the Cooke's beach house left me with an unexpected gift: a clutch of eggs. On...
Mar 21, 2018
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