by PJColando | May 2, 2023 | blog post, Purpose, sorrow
So, you think you’ve got courage, Constant Reader. Try this on for size: A friend who’d moved to Florida Facetimed me to tell me she was dying. She had courage. She loved me enough to let me know in person. Unable to fly the 3000 miles, she did the next...
by PJColando | Sep 1, 2021 | Adventure, blog post
Though the country is as locked down as America is, it’s Spring Down Under now and my husband and I would love to travel to Australia again. Again and again. There’d be no language barrier… well, of course, you think. Aussies speak English. However,...
by PJColando | Aug 17, 2021 | sorrow
Last Saturday, my husband and I attended an emotional, and at-once stately and personal, Celebration of Life service. Thank goodness the service was confined to close friends and family, with all who desired to do so, given a microphone moment to share remembrances of...
by PJColando | Jul 20, 2021 | Adventure, blog post
Aristocrats, vagabonds, and clowns… does this describe your passel of friends, foes, and family? Have you been able to see, hug, and hold them close yet? After the protracted pause our lives endured across the nation, the friendly skies (whose airline slogan is...
by PJColando | Dec 22, 2020 | Adventure, blog post, Purpose
NaNoWriMo is the celebrated event during November each year. The point is for a writer to challenge themselves to achieve 50,000 words in a month. Thirty days hath November, so that’s a lot of “sit your butt in the chair.” I’ve never officially...
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