Everyone thinks the first snowfall of the season is special.
The trees are pristine, white and shiny.
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When my grandchildren were in preschool, they had yoga sessions with a visiting teacher twice a week.
Some of the class was for stretching. Some of it was about listening and following directions. Some of it was to better communicate with their own minds. They learned to calm themselves down during savasana.
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As a New Englander born and bred, it should come as no surprise that autumn is my favorite season.
I love the colors. I love the bite in the air. I really, really love the crispness when all the spring and summer humidity has dissipated. And, I love the routine.
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A foreign tour guide once told me that the U.S. Constitution was unique in that if provided for freedom “of” religion, not freedom “from” religion.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
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What did you want to be when you grew up?
Did you make that dream come true? I did. I wanted to be a Park Ranger and a writer and I have been both. I had no idea though that my real calling, my passion, would be as a mother. Sometimes dreams stay just dreams. Sometimes they’re deferred. But, we all have (had) them.
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My six-year-old granddaughter wanted to play Scrabble the other day.
I pulled out the game and she tried to tell me that in her house, they don’t keep score or use the board. Well, in my house we do. So, we compromised.
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I have worked very hard for many years on this blog to be apolitical.
I always remind my readers that voting is a duty, but I never ask them to vote for my preferred candidate. I try to celebrate diversity without including the long list of those who we consciously or carelessly discriminate against.
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This isn’t a particularly original topic.
The gift of time is a cliché. A gift is something given with no expectations or strings attached. And time is that. We have to “find” it in our busy days and cherish it when we do.
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Fantasy and science fiction are not my jam. Neither are romances or spy thrillers.
I’m a devotee of Jane Austen, generational sagas and mysteries, preferably those with female detectives.
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I was an outdoorsy kid.
We biked all over our New England town. We climbed up and sunned ourselves on the granite boulders left behind in the quarries. We tobogganed in winter and sailed in the summer.
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