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It is Spring once more and as I sit and look out of the window, I see the trees beginning to bloom and blossom. And I find myself reflecting that we too have opportunities to bloom and blossom. Trees grow up through their branches and down through their roots.  They shed bark that has protected them…

Winter is almost here and we start to think more of staying home and hunkering down. One of the pleasures of the darker winter times is to snuggle into bed and sleep. However, sleep can be elusive and there is nothing more frustrating than lying awake at one, two or three in the morning, desperately…

Welcome to Spring!For days and weeks it has rained – and rained – drenching everything and everyone. I tell myself it keeps the air we breathe clear and healthy. And yet … the skies are gray and dreary. Days are short and it is dark by 4 p.m. some evenings. The trees are bare and…

I cannot believe it was a year ago that I wrote my first blog about myblackberry reflections. I was picking alone this time. Leo, the cat decidednot to accompany me and I wandered along, looking for the biggest shiniestblackberries I could fine. I found a lot of smaller, shiny blackberries at theend of a branch,…

I took a walk yesterday. You may wonder why is this worth writing about, but right now, like many of you, I am living in lock down conditions. I am not visiting the stores, having goods delivered to the house and keeping a 6 ft social distance practice. I closed my office and am giving…

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to the Roaring 20’s!  The 1920’s were referred to as the Roaring 20’s.   World War 1 had ended and there was a feeling of elation.  A feeling that now people could go forward expectantly and it became a time of intense celebration.  The Roaring Twenties got their name from the exuberant, freewheeling popular…