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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.

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Showing posts with label fall color. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall color. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rise (well not right away) and Shine!!

I don't get up right away in the mornings.  Sometimes I snuggle down in my nest and just think of things.  It's when I process 'stuff' and ideas come to me:  the blogs I've read the day before; the unspoken in a conversation; the intent of something said; the idea for a poem, a letter, a blog; mornings spent on the Sarasota/Siesta Key beach; friends we'd like to get together with...  Retirement has afforded me the luxury of these thoughtful moments.


The last of my roses...


Our maple tree has finally turned color...


And a mourning dove above...

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