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The Pilgrimage Chapter Two: Settling In

Posted on May 19, 2026 by JANET L BARKER

It seems it takes a while, two weeks in a place with an address and predictable bus and train lines, before I feel cozy, settled in. This was, and is, my goal when traveling; I want to be in a place long enough to… Continue Reading “The Pilgrimage Chapter Two: Settling In”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #adventure, #agining, #cousins, #england, #familyheretage, #findingbritain, #greatbritain, #legacy, #love, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #roots, #travel, #writing, family, familyhistory, great-britain, heritage, life

Goodbye

Posted on August 15, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I’ve saved the hardest until last. I’ve junked and stored, celebrated and cried. I’ve doubted and been certain. I’ve had my rounds (and rounds) (and rounds) of Lasts: last time I watered, last time I slept in a proper bed, last time I took… Continue Reading “Goodbye”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #change, #faith, #grandchildren, #grandparents, #homevshouse, #hope, #legacy, #newbeginning, #redondobeach, #retiredteacher, #sellingthefamilyhome, #thenextchapter, #thisisthefirstdayofmylife, #writers, #writing

It’s been a long time since I …

Posted on February 23, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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…woke up at 4 a.m. and started writing. No deadline. No subject matter in particular. Just the rumblings of life. Maybe it’s the wind. There’s a turbulence, a change, a danger lurking in the moon-lit, cloud-filled sky. Something new. Something old. Are the raccoons… Continue Reading “It’s been a long time since I …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #bestfriends, #California, #change, #cousins, #grandparent, #grandparenting, #hope, #legacy, #love, #loveeverymoment, #moving, #parenting, #prayer, #redondobeach, #retirement, #sisters

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