Anyone that is keeping track, I did write a post with a similar title 12 years ago: Whooooshhhhhhh! which contains a similar sentiment to this year. Busy summer, lots of life in motion, lots going on and lots of great memories! It was also one of those summers where I was processing an intense couple […]
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I am not a big fan of what is going on right now in the country of my birth or of what is being done to the institutions and communities I love or of all the chaos and destruction that is being done to the things I hold dear. I frankly don’t understand how this […]
Thought I’d share some pics from a beautiful walk at the Lake I took this morning with Bleu, on an unseasonably warm October 1st in Chicago (where it was 81 degrees on the Southside). Not a bad way to kick off October. And yes, I would have gone swimming if I’d worn my suit or […]
Back in the spring of 2013, I mentioned that thanks to my Lupron Depot shot every three months bringing on menopause, I was experiencing major night sweats and they were not only making me miserable, but they were enhancing my snoring. In turn, my snoring was driving Terry crazy. Over the years, he had tried […]
In late January 2020, I joined a number of my ROW teammates to train to become UCanRow2 indoor rowing coaches. The idea was that member coaches could take some of the weight off of the other ROW coaches (non-member) and increase our options. Little did any of us realize that within 2 months, 5 of […]
Have a penny, pick it up. All day long, you’ll have good luck. This was my 10th of the 52 blog posts I wrote in 2020 to celebrate my turning 52–and the first post to mention COVID. The weekend of March 13-15, 2020 was such an intense weekend of unknowns! Little did I know that […]
So, 2020, was not a meltdown year for me. It was challenging, don’t get me wrong, but just about everyone was going through COVID craziness and so I don’t look back on that year or 2021 as one of the lower points in my personal life. On the other hand, re-reading this post from March […]
This January has been an intense month, simply put, in my world. With all of the highs and lows, there has been a consistent middle ground feeling of ‘grey’ and ‘ugh’, a maddening frustration with this pandemic, and an almost overwhelming case of cabin fever. On top of everything else, my (self-diagnosed) Seasonal Affective Disorder […]
I remember that a few times when I was a kid during our summers at the Cottage, my introverted side would kick in and I would need some space. I remember a few evenings grabbing my tackle box with its hooks, sinkers, and lures–the tools needed to fish–as well as a fishing rod and a […]
In the midst of world wide adversity, my Vanda orchid has managed to bloom 3 times this year! 3 times! It started blooming again at the end of November and is still vibrant today! I kicked off 2020 with a post about this special plant and how important orchids are to me, as well as […]
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