Tag: #joy

Seasons Change and So Do I

Posted on October 18, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

It doesn’t always end like this. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Sunny skies. Cool, light breeze. Crows cawing. Sparrows singing. The ocean tumbling, tumbling, tumbling despite the Nation’s troubling political cliffhanger. But today, as I leave to return to my Southern California peeps, it is perfect,… Continue Reading “Seasons Change and So Do I”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #cambria, #hope, #joy, #lifeizgood, #love, #seasons, #solowomencamping, #thejoyofoldage

And so it begins …

Posted on August 8, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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I’m here, by my lonesome, which isn’t so lonesome, in the shade beneath my awning, typing away, tummy filled with a healthy salad, a glass of Albarino half-sipped, sunscreen-slathered, listening to the crashing waves, sheltered in my cozy van, away from the summer tourists;… Continue Reading “And so it begins …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #camping, #findingjoy, #findingpeace, #grandparents, #hope, #joy, #love, #loveeverymoment, #retiredteacher, #solowomentraveler, #travelinggrandma, #vanlife

Two weeks ago …

Posted on January 1, 2024 by JANET L BARKER

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It’s 1 a.m. and the apartment is quiet. The parents are taking their shifts, The Littles are in Dreamland and I’m two glasses into a new bottle of Rangeland Cabernet and the final season of “The Crown”. It’s raining outside and will do so… Continue Reading “Two weeks ago …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #2024, #bestlifeever, #findingthegood, #god, #grandchildren, #grandma, #grandparents, #grassisntalwaysgreener, #hope, #joy, #parenting, #peace, aging, family, happynewyear, love, memories, newyearsresolutions

May 16, 1956—Today

Posted on May 16, 2023 by JANET L BARKER

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When it’s your birthday and you’re 67… Don’t need a party. Don’t need presents. Don’t need to go out to dinner. Don’t even need to book a massage. Because everything I need and want, I have. I get to look at the ocean every… Continue Reading “May 16, 1956—Today”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #birthday, #friends, #grandchildren, #gratitude, #hope, #joy, #love, #mindfulness, #retirement

Paradise

Posted on September 3, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I’ve been sleeping on the porch for the last two nights. Just can’t get enough of the ocean, the rainstorms, the stars, the singing birds, the clouds, the trade winds, the feeling of total love and relaxation here in Paradise, otherwise known as Kaena,… Continue Reading “Paradise”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #behappy, #happygrandma, #hope, #icouldgetusedtothis, #joy, #kauai, #mahalo, #noworries, #peace, #retiredteacher, #thewriterslife, @retirement

It’s all a matter of perspective

Posted on May 13, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Just saying, RV generators are the enemy of quietude-seekers I’ve had some brilliant, peaceful, coastal windy camping days. All of my neighbors have been kind, quiet and respectful. The woman to my right, Clarita, lives in San Luis Obispo and is on a fixed… Continue Reading “It’s all a matter of perspective”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #cambria, #campinggrandma, #campinglife, #centralcoast, #grandma, #hope, #joy, #love, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #vweurovancamper

It’s kinda like this…

Posted on April 25, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Since last we left, B’s medical troubles have continued to decline, I still dig my new love, Led Zeppelin, and the theme of CHANGE hurricanes like a News at 11 Accuweather forecast. Tail end of March, beginning of April, lucky girl me got to… Continue Reading “It’s kinda like this…”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #centralpark, #faith, #grandchildren, #grandmothers, #grandparents, #hope, #joy, #loveeverymoment, #newyorkcity, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #takethetimetolisten, #whatareyouwaitingfor?