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January Blues

I’ve been thinking about my extremely low spirits in the last couple of months. Will they end when the January ends? After all…January is hard. I’ve lost good friends in January in the last few years and those anniversaries always pack a wallop. My heart remembers when my mind forgets. And I’ve spent enough time grieving my 5-year+-old…

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Retirement Living

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An antidote for my getting stuck is examining my life and seeing where the quagmire has trapped me. My husband and I discussed…

Old (and new) Deadheads

One of my many communities here at PV is a group of women who gather for wine time most days. It is a…

Aargh!

I guess I’m ready for another life lesson. I get handed them whether I am ready or not so I may as well…

Life , Love and Parenting

Unconditonal Love

To my grandchildren, “We all have the seeds of love and compassion in our minds, and we can develop these fine and wonderful sources of energy. We can…

The Women I Like

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt I have re-published posts before, but…

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MahJongg and Moo Shu

My friend has had a Mahjongg set for at least 10 years so we started yearning to learn the game before that, but never found an opportunity or time. This year our local university offered an OLLI* course.…

How lucky can you get?

I’m going to be 80 years old this month and still I was able to fly to LA and attend the graduations of my grandchildren with their parents*. (It was my first travel and big event since the…

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My Life Class

Intellectual and Spiritual Connection

I need more connection. I have always been a seeker – looking for meaning and importance and every moment of my life. But now I am a bit needy. Maybe it’s…

Being Enough

“If my aim is to prove that I am ‘enough’ the project goes on to infinity – because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was…

Me and My Shadow

I’ve heard about the shadow in the last half of my life but I have only recently begun to do some work. I have known that looking through the lens of…

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