I’m dedicating this 1978 song by Andrew Gold to my girlfriends! Thank you for being a friend! I love traveling this journey with you! About the song…Andrew Gold wrote this iconic song in just under an hour. He said it was “just this little throw away thing” but it became much loved, in a kind… Continue reading Thank You for Being a Friend!
“I long to be wrapped in the arms of a friend, where my soul can rest and my heart can mend. Lord, thank you for knowing just who to send.” More than twenty years ago, I was invited to join a few women who got together to quilt on a Sunday afternoon. I had no… Continue reading Friends…Fishies…Quilts
So much snow…the stillness and absolute quiet…the magic of morning enveloped in its beauty. Our little piece of heaven on earth! Patterns on the lake enchant me as a light snow falls on its frozen surface creating ribbons of movement in an otherwise still life. There is something about living near water. Each season its… Continue reading Still Life and Chemotherapy
Hauntingly beautiful…”Lágrima” – is central to the theme of my recent good read “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Albom. I was not familiar with the piece or the composer, Francisco de Asís Tárrega…I had to hear it…had to know more. “Francisco de Asís Tárrega (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909)… Continue reading Lágrima
February is love. I love being surrounded by the pink, red and white colors of love…the beautiful bouquets of roses and tulips and of course, the chocolate! We have a day that has been set aside to express our love…as if we need a reminder. Are we just too busy that we take love for… Continue reading February is Love
You may recognize the beginning of this catchy tune from a 2015 Delta Air Lines commercial about a business traveler…I totally related to the travel angst but mostly I was just taken by the charm and wit of the score. I had to know more about this music. I uncovered The Free Design, a… Continue reading “Love You” The Free Design
My love for music and words is undeniable…music is ever present in our life…it fills us. I’m sharing some of the music that is resonating with me as I venture on this new journey…words are wonderful…you should also try to find and listen to the music (I’ll try and figure out how to send a… Continue reading “On a Good Day”
Many years ago I took piano lessons from a great master teacher, Donald Denegar. He expected perfection and work and focus and lessons were hard and wonderful! Well, all but one. This lesson started out bad…I had traveled that week and had little time for practice. It showed. We spent the entire 90 minute lesson… Continue reading Trouble with D Words
twenty years loving…laughing…sharing…and stitching hope into every quilt…binding together these joys forever…
I did not tell Santa “I’d love the Brighton earrings and bracelet, a garden stone with Reid’s tiny handprint and cancer”…but it is what I received. A surprise early December diagnosis…a phone call while alone in Dublin…merry Christmas! “Radiology report is in on the MRI…lytic lesion on T5 vertebrae suspicious for plasmacytoma, multiple myeloma or… Continue reading An Unexpected Christmas
