From the inception of the idea that I could possibly try to train for a Half Marathon… until the moment I finished… was a journey I will always remember.
It began on November 28, 2009, after I completed a 5-mile race that Janie had encouraged me to run. OK. 5 miles. I did [...]

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Some twelve or thirteen years ago, my girls bought me a pair of Ugg boots for my birthday. In velvety sumptuous black. Soft fur. Thick fleecy lining that, yes, keeps me warm even without socks in the middle of a New England winter. Audrey and Jane were both in college at [...]

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After the holidays, this little ditty rang loudly and clearly across the web… Back to life, Back to reality.
Except for me, I think.
For me, it’s Back to life, back to fantasy.  Yep.  I’m enrolling in 6 more weeks of pole dancing classes!

And this brings me back to Christmas Eve, when I unwrapped a rather heavy, [...]

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A little while back, I wrote about #7 on my List of 57 in 52.  I said,  “I want to ice skate in white figure skates at the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City. I want to wear tights and a twirling skirt (not too short!)… and I wish to do this [...]

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There are so many moments in life that we wish will last forever. There are so many things that we never want to forget… especially words. And when it comes to grandchildren, I think the wishing to capture everything takes on a whole new meaning.
Especially the words. The made-up ones. [...]

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Thirty-some-odd years ago, my older brother traveled to Russia and he brought back 2 gifts for me… 2 sets of Matryoshka Dolls, known as Russian Nesting Dolls.  I loved these dolls from the first moment I saw them.  I opened the largest of the little wooden rounded head figures and they carefully nested four others [...]

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Yesterday, I took my just-turned-4-year-old grandson Alexander to the train station in downtown Providence to pick up his Mommy, Audrey.  She was returning from a trip to New York City.
Alex and I were a bit early.  The train was a bit late.  And these turns of events gave us time to do a little exploring.  [...]

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I know it’s not Wordless Wednesday yet…

But I just had to post this photo of my 9 grandchildren sitting outside my mother-in-law’s (their great-grandmother’s) favorite restaurant, Jack’s, in Warren, Rhode Island. It was taken this past Sunday evening, the night before Flo’s 90th birthday.
Barry and I first went to Jack’s more than 33 years [...]

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Well, I kinda actually do… know why I’ve been on this exercise expose kick as of late.
I started exercising again. The word EXERCISE stares at me each morning from my night stand notebook as I crawl out of bed. That one word is #1-top-banana-numero-uno on my list of New Year’s Resolutions 2009. [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, Audrey stopped at my home on her way to the supermarket… with all 4 boys. Once inside, William and Alex begged me to play games with them. They have discovered my game hiding place – under the bed in the “yellow” bedroom up the back staircase. How could I [...]

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