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The Weather Outside is Frightful for This California Gal

Posted on November 19, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

You know you are a REAL writer when… You are observing your gifted daughter teaching her Fourth-Grade students a stone’s throw from the Hudson River and the only thing you can think of, besides how so damn proud you are of her and where… Continue Reading “The Weather Outside is Frightful for This California Gal”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #daughters, #education, #grandparents, #hope, #love, #loveeverymoment, #manhattan, #newyork, #nyc, #NYCPublicschoolteacher, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teachers, #teaching, #thanksgiving

Saturday before the Saturday

Posted on February 12, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I know I’ve written about this topic before: Leaving. It has always been ridiculously hard for me, starting with my cousin Bevie leaving Spreckles Lane to go back home to San Carlos or Chicago. Leading up to, and following, her departure I would be… Continue Reading “Saturday before the Saturday”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #daughters, #grandbabies, #grandparenting, #grandparents, #hope, #ilovecalifornia, #love, #loveeverymoment, #newyork, #noom, #nyc, #redondobeach, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #therightpath

Babies, Toddlers and Life in the Big City

Posted on December 5, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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It’s hot. It’s cold. I’m sweating in the overheated apartment or I’m freezing on a jaunt to the Queens Farm Museum with two-week-old Hudson and 20-month-old big sis, Millie. I’m limping with a sore left knee that doctors here need a referral to fix… Continue Reading “Babies, Toddlers and Life in the Big City”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #daughters, #education, #grandparents, #hope, #legacy, #loveeverymoment, #newyorkcity, #nyc, #Queens, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teaching, #wine

just had to break free

Posted on August 15, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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I need to be wild. I used to be B- wild. Now I’m D- wild. I am cautious and predictable. I like order. Not a fan of environmental chaos. I need coffee-specked kitchen counters wiped down and shiny. I like to sip mad-hot French… Continue Reading “just had to break free”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #cambria, #coronavirus19, #daughters, #donoharm, #enjoyeverymoment, #grandparents, #lovelife, #newperspective, #newyorkcity, #pasorobles, #teaching, #writers

The Adjustment Phase

Posted on May 14, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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This is me on Jet Blue flying over the Grand Canyon. It doesn’t look like it did three years ago on our Spring Break camping trip. It’s magnificent in a different, far-off way. To really appreciate the Canyon’s vast glory, you have to had… Continue Reading “The Adjustment Phase”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #beachlife, #blessings, #California, #daughters, #everymomentcounts, #giftfromthesea, #grandaughters, #gratitude, #hope, #jetblue, #newyork, #redondobeach, #teaching, family, love