Category: Summer

Blog, Family, Memoir, Summer, Writers, Writing

You Were There with Me, Sister

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... I hear you laugh, my heart fills full up ♫♪♪♫♪ Sisters share the scent and smells – the feel of a common childhood. — Pam Brown Our Family Tree: So, my sister is about to celebrate a milestone birthday this week, and I wish that I could be there to celebrate her big day!… Continue reading You Were There with Me, Sister

Canada, Nature Photography, Nova Scotia, Photography, Rumi, Summer, Travel

Rumi’s Words…by the Sea

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[Each photo can be enlarged by clicking on it] Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. — Rumi Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. — Rumi The moment I first heard love I gave… Continue reading Rumi’s Words…by the Sea

Canada, Family, Lifestyle, Memoir, Nova Scotia, Summer, Unconditional Love, Vacation, Writing

There’s Got to be Some Folks Around With Memories Just Like Mine

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…Who'd give the world to stop the clock, and turn back the hands of time. —  Merle Haggard Everyone has family, right? It’s a thread that ties you to another person or group of people that you don’t even necessarily know, have possibly never even met…but...they’re family! It means somewhere along the way someone you’re… Continue reading There’s Got to be Some Folks Around With Memories Just Like Mine

Blog, Canada, Family, Happy, Lifestyle, Memoir, Nature Photography, Summer, Travel, Vacation, Writing

In the Summertime When the Weather is Hot

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  I’m sitting here lakeside today, our last full day here at the “compound”. My husband and much of his immediate family are scattered around enjoying this beautiful summer day. In a couple of cases there are three generations present. Currently two nephews, a niece and her friend are out playing together in the paddle… Continue reading In the Summertime When the Weather is Hot

Blog, Happy, Lifestyle, Maine, Memoir, Nature Photography, Summer, Travel, Vacation, Writing

Long Hot Days, Cool Sea Haze

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Jukebox plays… You know those movies and episodes of television shows set in little seaside enclaves, filled with beach rentals, sand sculptures, clam bakes and ice cream stands, right? Places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Myrtle Beach and Old Orchard. The idea is such an archetypal part of a classic American summer. I’m sure it’s not… Continue reading Long Hot Days, Cool Sea Haze

Family, Happy, Memoir, Music, Sisters, Summer, Writing

Never Be Again, Never Been Before

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All my blogs [essays] have been titled with song lyrics. I just love lyrics, so much expression poured into an on average, two-to-five-minute poem, set to music. Love that. Today though, I'm feelin’ a song that’s quite possibly my favorite song…you know, if I had to pick just one song because my life depended on… Continue reading Never Be Again, Never Been Before