Today’s Featured Post
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…
Form Letters
Welcome to My World of Letters
Many of you are looking for a specific letter for ideas to help you write to someone you love. You are welcome to…
Sixteen – Life is Sweet!
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver I give you this…
…on Being a Stepparent
NOTE. This is one of a series of requested letters that is posted under “Form Letters” for those of you who would like…
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Retirement Living
Oops! I said that wrong.
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
Send that Gift…to a Mother Who Needs It!
It’s Mother’s Day. When Anna Jarvis trademarked the name in 1912, it is said that she specifically wanted it to be singular, rather than plural. Her intent was…
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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The Profundity of Preferred Pronouns
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou A change that affects me and people I love is the regularity and openness of gender transition. We’ve come…
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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A Letter to my Children 