looking back ~ moving forward ~ being me
The question in my title came to my mind when I was missing my more frequent interactions with baristas in pre-pandemic times. Those interactions, without masks, would bring a little joy to my day even before my first sip of coffee. I don’t want to know the answer to the robot question, so I’m notContinue reading “Will Starbucks replace the barista with a robot someday?”
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We walked peacefully in the woods, enjoying an easy trail in a dense 55-acre preserve that holds a steep ravine and babbling brook below. This intimate forest welcomes us into its calm atmosphere any time we choose to venture off the road. Our new traction cleats wrapped around our boots give us confidence that weContinue reading “A Walk with Expectations”
“The past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time, it expands later and thus, we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” – Virginia Woolf Writer’s note: I found this quote not because I am an avid reader of Virginia Woolf, but because I discovered it atContinue reading “Without Grace”
My first post! I wrote this one month into the pandemic. I share it now as I remember the confusion and uncertainty we all felt; the comfort of being together and the fear of not understanding what would happen next. So much sadness, with gratitude mixed in as we were safe, healthy and yes, together.Continue reading “Blessing of Cold Air”
Me and My 50s 