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Monthly Archives: November 2020

CELEBRATIONS…IMPROVISED, REDESIGNED, AND A VAULT OF MEMORIES

This is our first COVID Thanksgiving Holiday with mask-wearing, socially distancing, and immediate family only. Marla and I truly miss celebrating with family, friends, and special dinners in restaurants. The times call for improvisation and a new dinner table aesthetic. For our anniversary dinner this year I came up…

MOMENTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN 2020

With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I wanted to look back at the year and reflect on happy and important moments to be thankful for. With most of 2020 in a COVID maelstrom, everything takes on special significance. I’ll begin On January 3rd at the Brown Palace Hotel…

HOW TO TURN THE HAPPINESS DIAL HIGHER…FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS

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…

SENSATIONAL SUNSETS…a visual metaphor for positive change

I felt a post on SUNSETS was very apropos for our political world today. Marla and I are somewhat obsessive about experiencing the wonder of sunsets whether at home or far away. In a way, sunsets are a metaphor for our world at the moment. They symbolize the end of…