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Live my life by the Desiderata, Golden Rule and gratitude. Believe Good is stronger than Evil & that the Arts remind us of that. Life’s too short: eat chocolate!
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Good morning, my friend! Bundle up! A walk around #mygarden for our wkly #Friyay #respite. How crazy is this: Outside, the #roses lasted until this week’s storm! It’s #December!! Inside the garage, #geraniums are still blooming despite not being watered for weeks. You’re beautiful. Stay strong.💪❤️
My roses, still blooming in December, right up until this week’s storm. Another of my roses, still blooming in December (!) right up until this week’s storm. Although the potted back deck plants haven’t been watered in weeks, some, like this geranium, continue to bloom in my unheated garage (!)
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Hope this bakes your day brighter: It’s #NationalCookieDay! Dough-lighted to share with you my 1st-ever batch of #homemade #gingersnaps (or what was left moments after I set them out🤣) Be a smart cookie and remember, even if it’s crumby sometimes: life is what you bake it!❤️
My first-ever batch of homemade gingersnaps! A quote from Cookie Monster: “Sometimes me think, what is friend? And then me say, a friend is someone to share last cookie with.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
3, yes 3, of my friends texted me this exact same meme in the last 4 days.

(“I wonder why?” she asks the Universe, as she makes gingersnaps cookie dough before she even has breakfast this morning….🧐)

#WednesdayWisdom
#FoodForThought
Meme with words: “Every time I try to eat healthy, along comes Thanksgiving, Christmas, Summer, Friday, or Tuesday and ruins it for me.”
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Good morning, my friend! As I looked out my kitchen window yesterday I saw a #Gnome carrying buckets at the puddle on a deck box. Husband pretended “I don’t gnome!🤷🏻But it’s nice he’s helping us bail out the puddle!” While hubs had b’fast I snuck a note (‘coz 2 can play, gnome sayin’?)😉 #laughs #puns
I added a sign of gnome puns: “There’s no place like gnome.” “Gnome for the holidays.” “Gnome pun intended!”
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Lots happening today: Happy Monday and happy new month (so “Rabbit, rabbit” for good luck!) It’s also #NationalPieDay so I’m sharing my last wedge of #pumpkin. (Had made 2 for T’giving, plus one apple-cherry). Just wanted to start off your week with a touch of sweetness!🥧🥧🥧
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! I hope you had a wonderful #Thanksgiving (& your family is still talking to each other😉)
Wanted to end this #holiday week by sharing #photos I took that describe some of why I love #NewEngland so much this time of year. ❤️🍁🎃
#autumn
#fallcolors
#pumpkins
#home
Property owner has placed small pumpkins all along stone wall around his property. Large pumpkin sits atop gate posts at entrance to this driveway. Bright and cheery display at entrance to this property. Bright and cheery display at entrance to this property.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
Simply, thank you.❤️
One of my favorite quotes: “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Our friend pictured below is just passing along a great tip for #WednesdayWisdom!

Here’s another: stretchy pants.

And one more:
If you’re the guest, bring your own Tupperware & zip top bags.
You know, just to be helpful…
Fun meme with a drawing of a turkey standing on a bathroom scale. The words say: “Don’t Forget To Set Your Scales Back Ten Pounds This Week”
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Triple-A says today is the busiest travel day of the T’giving holiday. Don’t mean to sound like a Mom, but please be careful on your travels.

(Who else will bring me yummy leftovers?)
Er, I mean, you are important to me!!

Srsly…just be safe.❤️
Humorous meme with the words: “May your Thanksgiving travels be miserable enough to make spending time with family seem comparatively tolerable.” Funny meme showing the same airplane twice: the top photo as it really is and captioned “Before Thanksgiving,” and the bottom photo shows the plane very expanded and captioned “After Thanksgiving.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
It’s #Monday of #Thanksgiving week. Remember, almost everyone you meet is on the same journey this week.
May your grocery lines be short.
May your To Do list be…doable.
May your travels be safe.
May your patience not be tested.
And may your #coffee fulfill its promise.
Amen.
Paper cups of varying sizes in a sandwich shop with the words: 16 ounce: What is Sleep? 12 ounce: Slept 5-7 hours 8 ounce: Slept 8-10 hours
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Good morning, my friend! T’giving is next week! No surprise that Gary-the-Squirrel was grocery shopping in the last pots still on the deck. Sorry for the blur but I didn’t move so as not to startle him. He dug up ALL the sweet potato vines tubers, (his faves) & left a mess.🤬

(You’re welcome, Gary❤️)
Gary-the-Squirrel digging in one of the last deck pots we still need to bring in. He threw all 3 ipomoea tubers, (what garden centers call sweet potato vines) onto the deck. Made a huge mess, as he always does. Always.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Good morning, my friend! The neighbors were hanging around. Ran out to warn them-“T’giving is 1 week away! Make like fast food & get moving! No time to baste! Stay ahead of the carve or suffer fowl play!” They didn’t listen, said it’s “Much ado about stuffin’ so give peas a chance.” Sigh. I fried.🤷‍♀️
Backyard turkeys. You can see one flying into the trees in the muddle of the photo. Turkeys. More turkeys.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Good morning, my friend! My 3rd every-other-week column for Boston’s Post-Gazette appeared in Fri’s edition w/college prof/author @alfredocprof.bsky.social! He has new children’s books about the Italian immigrant experience from 100+ years ago! Tap the foto to enlarge full view! Thanks for reading!🗞️
Photo of my newest column for the Post-Gazette (Boston), an interview with college professor and author Alfred Crudale.
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Sharing photos from a weekend #hike. New place for me to discover and to marvel at the beauty of #nature while clearing the head. Remember - #forest is also “for rest.”
I love you #NewEngland!
#autumn
#forestbathing
#metime
#breathe
#outdoors
#landscape
#November
Mostly cloudy skies all day, but clouds parted a little bit for a few minutes as I passed by this scene. A few bright red leaves cling to a tree in November. A cheery find! Second photo of sky reflection on water as clouds parted for just a few minutes. Got cloudy again really fast, but it was all beautiful to me.
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
Sharing one of my favorites with you for a chuckle ‘cuz…
#Mondays (amIright?)
My #ToDoList already has 31 things.
Gonna need a bigger cup
to turn it into a #Ta-Dah list!

#MondayMotivation
#HangInThere
Funny meme from Reader’s Digest that shows a woman drinking from a multi-gallon-sized coffee cup, with the words “May I Have a Monday-Sized Cup of Coffee To Go, Please?”
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Every #FriYay I invite you to #mygarden for a #respite. Yesterday we brought in deck pots for the winter, tho’ my crazy #flowers don’t care it’s a cold #November! And “delicate” #roses are holding strong, laughing at adversity. Bloom where you’re planted, no matter what.💪
Found a pansy in full bloom in one if my strawberry pots! Tropical mandevillas still blooming!! The geraniums are now tucked under the basketball hoop. The leaves are yellowing but the flowers are going strong! The roses not only continue to bloom, but they are still sending out buds! There are many more rose bushes in full bloom but I liked this shot that shows the contrast to leaves changing colors and falling.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
It is the 27th anniversary today of World Kindness Day.Just want to Thank YOU for your many kindnesses to me (liking my posts, reposting, engaging, and your many messages of support, esp this year). May kindnesses come back to you a hundredfold.🫶😘
#BeKind
#WorldKindnessDay
Meme quoting Martin Kornfeld: If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction! Meme with these words: You know who’s going through a lot right now? Literally everyone. Just be kind.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Good morning, my friends! Hubs “needed to run an errand” #Sunday & asked me to join him on the long drive. What he really wanted was to show me his new fave spot on his #motorcycle rides. There’s only 1 bench overlooking the water here at #WachusettResevoir.
Marry someone who shares ‘their’ places.
Sign indicating it’s the Wachusett Reservoir. Sign above small collection bin asking you to “Recycle your Fishing Line.” First time I’ve seen that. Great idea. His bench. Historical Information about Wachusett Reservoir and Dam a short way from Hubs’ bench.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
Thank a veteran today.

Better yet, thank a veteran every day.
Honoring ALL who served. Veterans Day. 11th November.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Good morning, my friend! A photo from our July #Berkshires trip of the railing going up into #TheWitGallery in #Lenox. I don’t know if the baluster artwork has a name but how about “Monday?” Or “Way Too Early?” Or “Too Great A Weekend?” Anyway, wakey-wakey, time to rise & shine!
And Happy New Week!
Photo taken in July, 2025: Metal and glass design that is part of the railing outside The Wit Gallery in Lenox, Mass. It depicts a lady with tousled hair and bloodshot eyes. Maybe someone not quite awake?! Anyway, if you collect modern art this is definitely a must-visit gallery.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Every #FriYay you’re invited for a #respite in #mygarden. This week #MotherNature sends wind, rain & frost but it laughs back, “Do you even know who I am?” and puts on quite a show! #November #staystrong #bebrave #tenacity #livewell #BlazeofGlory @jonbonjovi.bsky.social
Backyard Blaze of Glory! Red Maple Leaves, backyard. Japanese Maple, whose color goes from summer maroon to bright autumn fire! Back deck forget-me-nots, daring you to. Favorite flower of someone special. And tenacious.
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Good morning, my friend! An oldie but goodie for #ThrowbackThursday. I’ve always done “first times” with joy. It’s more than #YOLO. It increases self-confidence, adds to skill sets/problem solving, and a conversation starter!
How about you?
#LifelongLearner
#FeedtheBrain
#FountainofYouth
#Brave
Old meme of an open book with the words, “When Was The Last Time You Did Something For The First Time?”
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Good morning, my friend! My 2nd every-other-week column for The Post-Gazette appeared in Fri’s edition w/internationally renowned (& local treasure) conductor Jonathan McPhee! Upcoming concerts/info lexingtonsymphony.org, @lexingtonsymphony.bsky.social, maestromcphee (on IG)! Hope you’ll read! 🎶
Screenshot of my column in The Post-Gazette 10/31/25. Interview with internationally renowned conductor and great human being Jonathan McPhee.
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Good morning my friend! If mornings pull you in every direction and they ruffle your feathers, here’s some swanderful advice: Tuck in your neck and just wing it. You’ll know when to start paddling again. Remember- grace under pressure because you are swan in a million. Wishing you a swantastic day!
I named him Swan Solo, a single swan with neck tucked in, resting on the water in an area pond.
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
Happy #Monday!
You’ve got this!
Let’s go!
#MondayMotivation
Felt board sign with the words: “You can totally do this” Huge coffee mug the size of a town’s water tank.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM