Thank you, Maria! And thank you for the reminder about the "clean slate". It means so much to me that you read my pieces and also that you comment/share your thoughts. Happy New Year!
I love Grammarly. English is my second language and when it comes to grammar I need all the help I can get. Commas are not my friends. 🤪 Happy New Year to you! 🎉
Your title made me think of the Dan Fogelberg song. It always reminds me of my first love.
Yes, it is wonderful to realize that we do not need to please anyone. I laugh out loud when I wear my wonderful, warm, fake fur collared shawl and my 7th grader cringes--go me! Happy New Year!
Oh yeah! Go, you! I think you may have the title of your book, "And My 7th Grader Cringes". When we please ourselves (without hurting others) there is such liberation and doesn't it make you more generous and accepting of others too? It's really quite fabulous. Ahhh....first loves. It was the Summer of '75 and I spent it on the curb...you know the rest.
Garden "Bun Bun". (Bunny). Sylvie and I saved it when we purchased it for $2 at the Herb Farm (now defunct) when she was two years old. It was in a bag, in pieces and she wanted it so badly and said it "needs love and to be glued back together". So, that's what we did. Hence the "Rabbit, Rabbit" reference. Garden Bun Bun is in my front yard garden now. She watches over all the flora and fauna.
Happy New Year! I, too, do not like the new rules of writing! I think my late high school English teacher, Mrs. Gretsch, would be aghast! It seemed her very life depended on her students realizing the great necessity of proper grammar.
My year was spent doing a lot of reflecting—on good things, not so good things, and everything in between. As I approached 60 this year, I made a pact with myself to “live”! This involves worrying less (if that’s possible), seeing beautiful sights around the country, documenting my genealogical research, and laughing a lot more. It’s so satisfying to experience a deep hearty laugh. It’s the kind that brings tears to one’s eyes. I love that.
My hope and desire for my cherished family and friends in the new year is to be very good to yourselves and do everything with love, compassion, and lots of humor!
I love your hopes and desires! Ah, the deep, deep laughter that unearths so much, buried under our layers of protection, and then set free. Your "pact" with yourself sounds life-giving. No more Target and I-95 as the only "sites seen"!
All of your pieces are 'all about you' and that's fine. That's what it is for, for you to reflect and write and explore and get it all out. (So, yes, I'm OK with multiple ands!)
As I've often said, self reflection is not a big thing for me. Maybe that means I don't really want to see what's inside? Could totally be it. But at this point in my life I'm just seeking peace and tranquility. I've learned I really like living along part time. When your with a partner, you're still doing a balancing act and compromising. When you are by yourself, you can be as selfish as you want. I mean that you can do what you want to do without having to consult someone else (what to eat, where to eat, what movie to see, what TV show to watch, etc etc)
I've never been a high energy person and now I'm embracing the lazy in me.
That is so true-when you're alone; it is all about you, and it feels good to simply consult yourself! I think embracing the "you" is a beautiful thing. Thank you for reading and also for responding. Happy New Year!
Happy new year and new you! I believe we all deserve a new opportunity every day so of course every year in turn!
We treat our students with a clean slate every day so I think we ought to grant ourselves a clean slate each day or at least every year!
Thank you, Maria! And thank you for the reminder about the "clean slate". It means so much to me that you read my pieces and also that you comment/share your thoughts. Happy New Year!
I love Grammarly. English is my second language and when it comes to grammar I need all the help I can get. Commas are not my friends. 🤪 Happy New Year to you! 🎉
Your title made me think of the Dan Fogelberg song. It always reminds me of my first love.
Yes, it is wonderful to realize that we do not need to please anyone. I laugh out loud when I wear my wonderful, warm, fake fur collared shawl and my 7th grader cringes--go me! Happy New Year!
Oh yeah! Go, you! I think you may have the title of your book, "And My 7th Grader Cringes". When we please ourselves (without hurting others) there is such liberation and doesn't it make you more generous and accepting of others too? It's really quite fabulous. Ahhh....first loves. It was the Summer of '75 and I spent it on the curb...you know the rest.
What's in the picture?
Garden "Bun Bun". (Bunny). Sylvie and I saved it when we purchased it for $2 at the Herb Farm (now defunct) when she was two years old. It was in a bag, in pieces and she wanted it so badly and said it "needs love and to be glued back together". So, that's what we did. Hence the "Rabbit, Rabbit" reference. Garden Bun Bun is in my front yard garden now. She watches over all the flora and fauna.
Happy New Year! I, too, do not like the new rules of writing! I think my late high school English teacher, Mrs. Gretsch, would be aghast! It seemed her very life depended on her students realizing the great necessity of proper grammar.
My year was spent doing a lot of reflecting—on good things, not so good things, and everything in between. As I approached 60 this year, I made a pact with myself to “live”! This involves worrying less (if that’s possible), seeing beautiful sights around the country, documenting my genealogical research, and laughing a lot more. It’s so satisfying to experience a deep hearty laugh. It’s the kind that brings tears to one’s eyes. I love that.
My hope and desire for my cherished family and friends in the new year is to be very good to yourselves and do everything with love, compassion, and lots of humor!
I love your hopes and desires! Ah, the deep, deep laughter that unearths so much, buried under our layers of protection, and then set free. Your "pact" with yourself sounds life-giving. No more Target and I-95 as the only "sites seen"!
I learned you dont have to put two spaces after a period anymore!
I still put two spaces. Editors correct it but I persist. It makes a clearer distinction between sentences.
Yes! I still do and then do a whole document "correct". So handy. Thank you for reading and for commenting! Happy New Year.
All of your pieces are 'all about you' and that's fine. That's what it is for, for you to reflect and write and explore and get it all out. (So, yes, I'm OK with multiple ands!)
As I've often said, self reflection is not a big thing for me. Maybe that means I don't really want to see what's inside? Could totally be it. But at this point in my life I'm just seeking peace and tranquility. I've learned I really like living along part time. When your with a partner, you're still doing a balancing act and compromising. When you are by yourself, you can be as selfish as you want. I mean that you can do what you want to do without having to consult someone else (what to eat, where to eat, what movie to see, what TV show to watch, etc etc)
I've never been a high energy person and now I'm embracing the lazy in me.
That is so true-when you're alone; it is all about you, and it feels good to simply consult yourself! I think embracing the "you" is a beautiful thing. Thank you for reading and also for responding. Happy New Year!