(This post is dedicated to my sister-in-law Anne, who passed from this life on 10/22/2011 at 57 years old.) As I write this I am sitting in a plane heading home from California, the day after attending the funeral of my sister-in-law Anne. She was diagnosed with cancer in July and, three months later, on [...] Read more »
The Importance of Having a Bucket List
This is a guest post by Christine Kane. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. Did you ever see The Bucket List movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson? If not, it’s one of those movies that’s a little hokey but can be a tear-jerker and has an underlying motivational life-lesson [...] Read more »
You make your own fun.
I used to work with a guy years ago who oftentimes would use the expression: “You make your own fun”. And, at the time, I really didn’t think much about the expression. It was just something he would spout every now and again. But lately, that same expression has been coming back to me and [...] Read more »
Who are the best people you know?
It sounds like a simple question, doesn’t it? Well, in my opinion, your answer to this question is a direct correlation to your degree of happiness. What do I mean by that? For me, the answer to the above question is simple. The people I spend my life with represent the best people I know. [...] Read more »
If you could bottle it, what would it be?
I was putting on my shirt the other day after a great workout at the gym. And as I was doing so, I felt that sheer sense of exhilaration that I typically feel after a rigorous workout, even though it was only 5:45AM. I remember uttering to myself “I wish I could bottle this feeling”. [...] Read more »
A little history and coming attractions…
Seeing that this is a holiday week in the States I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And now that I am clearly entrenched in a WordPress environment, it is probably a good time to reflect a bit and to also talk about what is upcoming. I started this blog back in July [...] Read more »
A Cleansing Season.
There is something about the spring and the fall that triggers a cleansing gene. If you live in a harsh climate, the spring is relegated to cleanup from the winter. The coolness of the fall invigorates the body and mind to work on projects before the winter bears down. [cw4]Removing clutter, organizing, and upgrading is [...] Read more »
Inspiration starts here…
This blog begins on a sunny day on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, MA in the summer of 2009. I was fortunate enough to have been given a house for 10 days in Oak Bluffs, one of the towns on the island, by a dear friend. She obviously has done very well for herself being [...] Read more »