A Visit with Friends and the Scapula

Posted on Jan 6, 2012 | 1 comment It’s a been a while. I’ve fallen off the map a little these past few months. I had an interesting fall season with many losses and also now in retrospect, many gains. I had the good fortune to visit my friend in northern California last week, Nicole, as she helps her Dad, Peter, heal from a traumatic brain injury sustained during a car accident on October 10th, 2011. Unfortunately, we...
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Weekend in the Berkshires

Posted on Nov 8, 2011 | 1 comment Each fall I mark the ending of one year and the beginning of another with Jillian Pranksy’s Fall Foliage Retreat. A few friends and I pack up the car and head North. First stop, New Paltz for lunch, then on to the Innisfree Garden where we decided fairies live. A hike around the lake and exploring the garden allowed us a nice transition into the weekend. Next stop, the Racebrook Lodge,...
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Ordinarily Divine, California in the Summertime

Posted on Nov 6, 2011 | 0 comments Alright, I know it’s November, I’m cold, we have our first fire in the fireplace, football is on and it’s makes me think of California in the summertime. I realize this is an issue. For one because it’s a practice to live in the moment you are in and for two, I am just now getting around to writing about California. I believe the world of blogging is supposed to be more...
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Invincible Summer…

Posted on Feb 2, 2011 | 0 comments “In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus wrote that. Smart man, he. I wish I could talk to him right now, but unfortunately he died in 1960. I wonder if Albert Camus ever had an ice storm that made the tree branches of his Japanese red maple so heavy they touched the snowy ground that had been snow-covered for the past 5...
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Retreat in the Berkshires

Posted on Oct 26, 2010 | 0 comments Oh, what an exceptional weekend I just had in the Berkshire Mountains. I traveled with my two dear friends, Catherine and Katy, to Sheffield, Mass. this past weekend. We had a lovely two hour hike, reaching the amazing Race Brook Falls, just at the Appalachian Trail, and then a yummy dinner at the restaurant by our inn. The menu was so interesting, we felt compelled to read it aloud. Try it,...
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Barefeet, Chocolate Bars For Lunch and Ice Cream Before Dinner

Posted on Sep 9, 2010 | 1 comment I’ve recently returned home from a summer filled with sand, sun, salt, wind, clouds, yoga, family, friends, ferries, bikes, islands and lots of things that we don’t normally do in the “school year”. My four-year-old daughter looked at me like I was crazy yesterday when I told her she had to wear shoes to the store. She couldn’t remember a time when she had to wear...
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