I watched a program about the 2024 “World Happiness Report.” The U.S. ranked # 23… with Finland #1, Denmark #2 and Iceland #3. Ukraine ranked #105 after being invaded by Russia. It was a sobering assessment that made me think about my own level of happiness. Obviously…
The past year was amazingly on so many levels! I did my best to give love and I received so much love in return. I was very fortunate to have a unique partner sharing the day’s moments whether simple or profound, as well as transformative. Travels near and…
I’m back in the house after 1 and a half hours plowing and shoveling from a huge snowstorm. I was cold, and it was a little difficult, but I was actually pretty happy with a song in my head I couldn’t get rid of. For some…
As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, I am so grateful for the care Marla is receiving for heart failure and her shining and beautiful spirit. Yesterday she went back in the hospital because of fluid build-up in the lungs making her breathing difficult. I hope she will be home soon…
We were shocked when we received the news of Annie’s passing! It was totally unexpected! I was planning to go on a Backroads bike tour of Oregon with her and husband, Tom, in September. A celebration of life was planned at Lake Tahoe and I knew we had…
Charles Dickens said it best in his “Tale of Two Cities”, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…
I get it! You are mad as hell! Depending on your perspective you either feel President Trump’s conspiracy theories, lies, and dangerous actions are a major threat to democracy,…OR…you feel the election was rigged and people cheated for Biden. Our nation is as divided…
I stayed up late just thinking…while a song kept whirling around my cranium,…“WHAT I DID FOR LOVE.“ The lyric, “Kiss today goodbye and point me t’ward tomorrow” is so apropos for this moment in time. All of us are feeling…