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Who do you think you are?

Posted on March 9, 2025 by JANET L BARKER

I’ve finally figured out my problem; the reason it’s hard to forge on, dig deep, actually do the thing I need to do, which is figuring out how to write this novel I’ve been pecking away at on and off for months: Drum roll….my problem is….I… Continue Reading “Who do you think you are?”

Category: #central coast, #centralcoast, #lifeizgood, #teachingTags: #almartinez, #California, #cambria, #cambriacolony, #centralcoastcalifornia, #centralcoastwriters, #creativity, #ilovecalifornia, #losangelestimes, #love, #mayaangelou, #procrastination, #rainbows, #raybradbury, #theartistsway, #writerslife, #writing, books, creative-writing, fiction, life

Nothing is an Accident

Posted on October 14, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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I’ve been traveling since August 8, returning to the South Bay briefly to attend my friend’s funeral. I won’t be back to my home turf until October 18 where I’ll visit, errand, and reconnect with family and friends before leaving on my Fall Sojourn… Continue Reading “Nothing is an Accident”

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An unexpected gift

Posted on September 22, 2023 by JANET L BARKER

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How to you begin to describe the feeling? Kayaking on glass with a long-lost friend, being lifted, suspended in a cloud, in a misty dream you once had and forgot; picking huckleberries; crooking your vision up and down, left and right, to gaze at giant… Continue Reading “An unexpected gift”

Category: #gmashavingfun, #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgoodTags: #ancientredwoods, #elkprairiecreeknationalpark, #friendship, #ilovecalifornia, #lessonsfromnature, #Nature, #raybradbury, #stonelagoon, #takingachance, #theflyingmachine

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

Sitting in an alcove of reverence

Posted on November 1, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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Dark blue tent. White Eurovan Camper Home. Turquoise folding chair. Watercolor paints. Edna Valley chardonnay. Cornflower-blue sky. 1,000-day Gouda. Mushroom brie. Multi-seeded Norwegian crackers. Handy portable generator powering up my LifeIZGood laptop. Layers of blue. Layers of green. Layers of quiet. Translucent breeze. Crashing… Continue Reading “Sitting in an alcove of reverence”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #blessings, #cambria, #centralcoast, #eurovancamper, #Godislove, #hope, #ilovecalifornia, #loveisGod, #Nature, #oceanpeace, #retiredteacher, #travelinggrandparent, #winetasting

Autumn River

Posted on October 30, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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May the peace that transcends all understanding pass through you. Words to this effect, or maybe precisely these words, concluded our Sunday service at Christ Episcopal Church in Redondo Beach, a congregation I was “led” to after my mother died of emphysema in 1981. As she… Continue Reading “Autumn River”

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