Well, here it is.  Another new year. How will this one be different than past ones?  Entirely! A look back at 2008:  I left my job of almost 10 years, moved to another state, live near the ocean, have a lot of solitary time, work for myself  and write.  I'm still downsizing, getting rid of d...

On Sunday we lolled about the apartment drinking tea and making our plans for the day. We walked to the historical center of Lucca (about a five minute walk if you don't stop and look into all the shops along the way as we did). We took no particular path... just meandered, soaking up the atmosphere...

Filed under: Teens & tweens Your baby bird left the next last fall. Sure, it was hard. But over the last nine or ten months you've stretched your wings and found that life after raising kids really does exist. Just when you start to get comfortable, though, maybe even consider redecorating a cor...

78 days until my baby (phsbum), the youngest of my 3 children, is launched into an unknown world.  I try not to let my head go here very often simply because it is overwhelming, but ... I also have to adjust and accept the idea.   Like many of us, she seeks adventure and purpose, acceptanc...

How on earth do you get someone to realize that they're being oblivious to the world around them?  That their expectations are too high or are completely unrealistic?  My sister thinks she can live with me the rest of her life or until her Sect 8 comes through.  I doubt it's ever goin...