Doing life, cancer positive

Monique is the daughter of friends who I have watched grow from a child into adulthood.  I have also watched her deal with a diagnosis of cancer.  I have seen her at home, on television, in yoga class, at book readings, at church.  And Monique is always smiling and positive.   A few months ago, the [...]

Conquering the Iditarod – with laughter!

Newton Marshall, the first Jamaican to enter the grueling Iditarod dogsled race, rode into Nome in grand style, Jamaican flag flying high to complete the race on Friday March 19.  I had watched his progress over the days on Facebook and the Iditarod website.  Thanks to GPS and live-streaming technology I was also present at [...]

Haiti – how in the world do you remain free and laughing in the face of such devastation?

I returned home last night to find this e-mail from my sister:
Here from Jeanguy in Haiti (Facebook – give thanks!)….”Lycee” is High School
I love you all , I am alive … I’m very sad for Haiti , for all these girls from Lycee Marie, all these people dying …and I couldn’t do anything . Once [...]

Choosing to be free and laughing in the cold!

My children are having the greatest time experiencing snow for the first time.  I think Shane, my son, must have thrown at least a hundred snowballs yesterday!   And he could not resist jumping into the snow mounds piled high by the snowplows!   While I was out at a Festival of Carols, they had [...]

A picture says a thousand words

This is a photograph taken by my Facebook friend, David Chen.
The moment I saw this photo, I knew I had to share it on my blog.  The scene speaks to me of peace, friendship, comfort, contentment and beauty.  What more can one want in life?  If a cat and a dog can be in such [...]