Tuesday 5.26.26 šļø I went on my first date since my husband died. It came with all of it. All the feelings. I was really excited and proud of myself for choosing to do it and heartbroken all over again that I had to. It was coffee with a tall and handsome guy who approached […]
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A Gift of an Unlikely Place
I know itās a good āproblemā to have, but maintaining three homes and four dogs can put a nice hurtinā on the balances of āye old credit cards.Ā When I got a nice offer from a credit card company recently with a no interest balance transfer for 18 billing cycles I was all in.Ā After several […]
A Meaningful Memorial Day to All
Weekends are often difficult and long for widowed people, and holiday weekends are especially challenging. So many of us have distant, and not so distant, memories of holidays gone by. For me, the Memorial Day Weekend holds many.Ā Places like the New Jersey Shore, embrace the unofficial beginning of the summer season even though summer […]
My Life Journey As Seen On a Kindle List
I stopped reading on my Kindle when Lynn passed 11+ years ago, for no other reason than I stopped doing a lot of “normal” things – watching movies, hanging out with friends, etc. Reading was just another thing lost in the “new abnormal” when your life and routines suddenly changes. I picked my Kindle back […]
“Winn” Some, Lose Some
Itās been a productive week all-round. One day seems to blur into the next lately until itās just about Thursday when I ask myself what I might write about for Saturdayās post.Ā Itās been a busy week on many fronts. Our local Winn Dixie will be closing in a few weeks, to be taken over […]
Paw-sing to Thank the Dog Moms
Happy Dog Momās Day (always the Saturday before the human version) and Motherās Day Weekend. I donāt have any human kids of my own, but I do have four sweet K-9 Kiddos for which Iām grateful. And Iām not the only one who feels that way. I spend considerable time on sites for the […]
Brave New World
Recently, I saw a presentation on the inter-Google that piqued my interest in AI.Ā The pitch involved using AI to write fast, cheap novels you can hawk for sale on Amazon.Ā Romance? Done.Ā Mystery. Ā Complete.Ā Sci-fi? To quote the Terminator, “No problemo.” As Zoeyās tutor, Iāve been closely following efforts to ensure academic integrity in […]
Alternate Routes
It was an eventful week filled with emotional milestones. I spent most of the week up in Georgia again to ready my home for a new tenant. As Iāve shared previously, I put my house up for sale two months ago and in doing so, invested considerable energy and funds to make it shine. I […]
Home Matters
Last week I wrote about my home in Georgia, the one that Rich and I purchased in early 2020. I relayed that Iāve been moving out and away from that haven for about two-and-a-half years now when in the fall of 2023 I acquired on a whim a log home in rural Northeast Florida. Not […]
A Glimmer of Hope?
Lee died mere months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Ā Hers was a quick and painful death. Since she had many different cancers, I am more familiar than many with this killer.Ā Whereas recent medical advances brighten the outlook for some victims of cancer, for example, people with certain blood cancers are surviving in spite […]
Grief is a Traumatic Brain, Body, and Soul Injury
Hello dear readers…..this is a repost for Liliana while she has been away traveling and tending to her heart and soul. She will be back with you next week and in the meantime my favorite words from this passage: With the passage of time grief gets harder to spot. There are days when I donāt […]
Alone Again, Naturally
I went to the hockey game by myself last night. Round 1, Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for my Vegas Golden Knights. Sold my extra ticket online to a stranger (who didnāt show up for the game) but I was surrounded by young couples having a great time. Our official Golden Knight […]