Category Archive: places

reality check…for college grads

Eleven years ago when my daughter decided not to pursue a college degree, opting instead to train for a career in ballet, I had to do some mighty fancy footwork of my own… Read More

weekly photo challenge: future tense #2

look up…a new day dawns…hugmamma.

cut from the same cloth…

Someone paid me the nicest compliment early this morning and literally made my day. The unexpected bouquet of fragrant words was sent me by a perfect stranger…Don. After the slew of emails we… Read More

computer “catfish”

romancing an image…hugmamma.

lose 45 pounds!!!

Last night I went to a company function with my husband. Among the usual attendees was Paul, someone I consider a good friend even though we seldom see one another. It’s just that… Read More

weekly photo challenge:beyond

This summer our family hiked a trail which wend its way around this lovely pond. The sun warmed our backs as the soft breeze cooled our cheeks. Gazing beyond, the majestic mountain range embraced… Read More

please…take care…

It’s Saturday morning! What got me out of bed so bright and early? Another post…what else! Before I go there however, I’d like to explain why my flaws are often the jumping off… Read More

weekly photo challenge: surprise

caught off guard!!!…hugmamma.

spooky?…or not?

Your call. For me, it’s a mixture of both. With heart beating a little faster…eyes peeled for anything unusual…I love to wander through cemeteries, especially old ones. These photos were taken in Kinnish,… Read More

NYC…underwater

  It’s hard for me to fathom The Big Apple coming to a screeching halt. Can anyone recall the last time NYC was brought to its knees? The Great Depression? After Sandy takes… Read More

weekly photo challenge: foreign

Visited Venice a few years ago. This is one of my favorite shots. It almost looks professional. But a photographer…I’m not.  ………hugmamma.  

i have my memories…

It’d been several years since I was home to visit family in Hawaii. With my mother in-law’s passing, my husband, daughter and I made the trip to Honolulu with a mixture of sadness… Read More

weekly photo challenge: silhouette

Not an easy challenge. I could only picture the obvious one…the framed image of a man or woman’s side profile…black against white. I think it was typical of the Victorian Age. Although it… Read More

nostalgia…somewhere over the rainbow

memories of…going home…hugmamma.

weekly photo challenge: mine

Food…good food…is one of my weaknesses. If I have to put on calories…they’d better taste awesome. I don’t eat…bad calories. Not worth the weight gain. Following are samples of a few, very memorable… Read More

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