Trying Something New — It’s Good for Me?

If you’ve been reading here for a while, you might have realized that over the past couple of years (yes! it really has been that long), I’ve been working on a memoir of my relationship…

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Blogging Directions as a Retiree Adjusts. . .

Later next week, I expect I’ll be sharing my impressions of Edinburgh with you — what to blog about is always so much easier to decide when travelling.  Right now,  though,  I’m feeling considerable ambivalence…

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My Writing Partner, My Friend. . .

Good morning! In my last post, I mentioned a short jaunt I had planned.  As you might already know from Instagram, I’ve been visiting my friend Lisa of Amid Privilege whom I first met “in…

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Retrospective Travel Sketch and Thoughts From My Travel Journal

 My retirement coincided with one of my daughters moving to Rome with her husband and their little girl. This has meant that I’ve had the lucky problem of travelling to Europe twice a year, with…

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Hello! Happy Friday! (Or: One Way to Wear a White Cotton Skirt)

 Much as I love spending time with you here at “the Blog,” my manuscript is demanding five hundred words from me this morning, and if I don’t prioritize those, there will never be a book.…

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