• Celebrations & Events,  Family

    Happy Easter Season

    Happy Easter! This is a belated posting because I’m under the weather, slow to clean up, and still reeling from the exhaustion of completing a project deadline for a new product line that I’ll unveil shortly in a future post. In the meantime, it’s so good to say “Spring is here and this is the time for renewal!” This is one of my favorite holidays because we celebrate it with an annual potluck brunch with family and friends. After 20 years of hosting this gathering, this was the first year without our boys present. It was a bit bittersweet and noticed in their absence to help us dye eggs, decorate…

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    Inspiration,  Literature,  Nature,  Poetry

    First Day of Spring

    We’re welcoming the official first day of spring today! After a long, cold winter, I’m ready. And with that I thought I’d introduce a new contributing writer, Lorre Lei Jackson, who I can proudly say is my mother. Her bio is in the sidebar. She’s writing here from New Orleans, where the look of spring is a few weeks ahead of us in Alexandria, VA: I woke up this morning, went out to get the paper and thought, “What would I want to see if this was my last day on earth or my last sighted day?” Here is my answer to myself. Art…What is it? How do you describe…

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