Aging with Grace

Influence

I believe that, more than anything else, the grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps us from being writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout…

May 15, 2025

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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Social Commentary

Ann Patchett quote, ann-patchett, Bel Canto, book-review, Books, fiction, forgiving ourselves, influence of authors, self critique, writing

Limitations

Arvada, Colorado Kite Festival I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience…

May 8, 2025

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Aging, Social Commentary

Accessing Limitations, Aging, Negative Messaging, Sterotypes, Sylivia Plath quote

A New Day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Ralph Waldo Emerson…

May 1, 2025

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Acceptance

The older I get the more I believe the greatest kindness is acceptance. Christina Baker Kline I have a love-hate relationship with the tree shading our balcony. Every spring its buds burst into brilliant green leaves. Soon the tree blossoms into fragrant white flowers, snowing tiny petals unto our patio furniture for days. This creates…

April 24, 2025

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Inspiration

acceptance, balance, Christina Baker Kline quote, seasons, trees

Reflections on Aging

I don’t believe in aging. I believe in altering one’s aspect to the sun. Virginia Woolf I am approaching another birthday and reflecting on how rapidly years disappear. We eventually arrive where we were headed from the beginning. Aging is inevitable. The conundrum of aging came onto the horizon, once again, while attending a Neighborhood…

April 17, 2025

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Aging, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Social Commentary

Attitude and acceptance, Choosing our own path, Growing old with grace, Virginia Woolf quote

A Note of Appreciation

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to you as well. Voltaire This morning, I spent an hour attending a neighborhood meeting with the police from our district. It was a casual gathering at a community bagel shop. An opportunity to meet local officers and express both gratitude and…

April 10, 2025

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Social Commentary

dedication, Gratitude, neighborhood, police, sacrifice, Voltaire quote

Memories of Paris

I like the Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace. Natalie Lloyd Paris is always a good idea. Audrey Hepburn America is my country and Paris is my hometown. Gertrude Stein A few weeks ago, my husband asked if I would like to go back to Paris. It’s been several years since I…

April 3, 2025

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Biography, travel

Audrey Hepburn, Gertrude Stein, memories of Paris, Natalie Lloyd, the ugly American, traveling with a friend

Finding Peace

The poem I chose for this post is a bit longer than usual. As a result, it will be both photo and quote for this week. The moment I read this poem, I fell in love with it and Mary Oliver. Worry is a reoccurring theme for me. I envy people who say they never…

March 27, 2025

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Faith, Lifestyle, Social Commentary

anxiety, Conquering worry, Inner Peace, Mary Oliver Poem

Finding Peace Amid Chaos

Roses From My Friend Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. Rumi It’s one of those days when as I sit down to write, my mind cannot be corralled into one…

March 20, 2025

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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Social Commentary

confusion, faith, finding answers, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, peace, respite, Rumi quote, tranquility, world chaos