Monthly Archives: January 2021

Dear Reader: When it comes to trying to find the answers to why bad things happen to good people…the metaphor of a tapestry perhaps best addresses it…at least for me…a visual learner. Having had  amazing opportunities to visit some European … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a “freeze-frame“day. One we wish we could “groundhog day” over and over. After all my Goldilock “whining” about how one day was too chilly, the next too windy, and the next too rainy…my outlook changed completely … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Yesterday I had an email from Susan…concerning a strange coincidence that happened to her… in regard to the very recent death of her younger sister, Wanda, from Covid complications this past weekend. She wrote: “This may seem … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had to smile to myself yesterday afternoon leaving John and Mandy’s house with this creative neighborhood exit sign…the sign I always look forward to reading on my way out…for its quick wit. And it is true…It has … Continue reading →

(Title Painting: Anne Peterson) Dear Reader: I picked up Simple Abundance (one of my all-time favorite books to re-read occasionally) ..and turned to its ideas for any and every new year promise of improvement. God Wink… the one for today…really … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: “What a day, what a day, what a day”…yesterday was. Remember I mentioned how happy I was Thursday because the sun had finally come out…and it just made me plain happy? The older I get the more I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Two God Winks appeared yesterday. First…In one of my “Kindness” sites (that pop up weekly with stories of random acts of kindness)…the message, this week, talked about how important it is for humans to take time to be … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After re-living the adventures of the Spring Break Bahamas cruise yesterday…and feeling so much lightness and laughter…I decided I wanted to keep the feeling going. What got me thinking along the lines of thanking my Ya friends, from … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I spent about an hour on the phone with Brookie…reminiscing about a spring break trip we took our senior year at college…our last “hurrah.” We were both laughing so hard we could hardly hear the other speak. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Don’t most of us remember, as a child, asking how much longer a trip would take, that extremely annoying question to parents on long trips…in the form of “Are we there yet?” or “How much longer do we … Continue reading →