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The season of love and gratitude is upon us; I’ve never felt greater love in my heart. The spirit of true giving is thanksgiving. This is a time to reflect, to light the lights, to pause and meditate on all our immeasurable blessings. I feel deeply ...

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Please vote! The midterms are held this year on my 81st birthday, November 8. Please don’t assume your vote doesn’t matter. Every vote is equally important in our shared value of equal rights. People tend to focus on national elections, but we must vote for ...

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A dear friend left the cottage recently, and I said, “I love you.” Because we never know. None of us knows for sure what the future will bring. I had an inexplicable urge to express my love, and it felt important to me at that spontaneous moment ...

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I feel this September will continue to expand all the love we hold in our hearts. As we approach this most meaningful month of new beginnings, I’m focusing on my gratitude for all the loving-kindness that you, friends, have given me. Your gifts of love are ...

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Happy August! I feel blessed to write this newsletter for you each month. I have known since I was a young girl that letters are indeed gifts we give ourselves. The pleasure I derive from corresponding with you is indescribably delicious. I’m forever grateful we are ...

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Happy July! June’s Summer Solstice on the 21st gave us the longest day of the year. I enjoyed an early dawn breakfast in the garden as I gazed out at the sailboats in the harbor. The air was crisp; the day was full of promises it ...

As we all know, “we never know.” We, as humans, understand that we live with uncertainty. None of us knows what may happen at any moment. Just hours before Elissa was going to swing by to pick up this letter to you for the June website, baby Jonathan, just one ...

I love you! Remember the wise words of Dr. Samuel Johnson: We don’t need to be informed; we need to be reminded. It’s vitally important to me to continue to communicate with you my heartfelt love. As we face reality in these challenging times, be assured that I ...

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Before we leap into April, we should all take a moment to acknowledge the beauty and tragedy in the month of March.

Unfortunately, March intensified the brutality of this inhumane war on Ukraine: a living hell. A warmonger dictator has the Russian military brutally attacking and killing ...

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It took me longer than usual to begin this letter to you, because I have been consumed by the horror of the war in Ukraine. I love to write to you, but my heart for much of the past few weeks has been with the Ukrainian people ...

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Thank you for the kind feelings you so generously express to me. In your words and deeds, I feel I am an integral part of a community of loving souls, and have been for as long as I can remember. Your light and love shine through as ...

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Happy, Happy New Year!

I embrace 2022 with outstretched arms and a joyful, open heart. There are countless reasons I am so wildly enthusiastic about a fresh, new beginning; first and foremost is my gratitude that I’m alive! I am breathing, I have my ch’i ...

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Happy month of December!

Thanksgiving Day landed on the 25th of November, exactly one month from Christmas Day. Because I chose to celebrate my birthday every day this past month, I was able to extend joyful moments. One of the truths I’ve learned is the importance ...