Tag: #lifeizgood
Just when I figure something out, ascend into the golden clouds of enlightenment, I get tested and climb into the dumpster like Jimmy McGill did in the last episode of “Better Call Saul”. Life is gooey. That’s my reoccurring theme. What I knew one… Continue Reading “Round 66.9: Brain vs. Heart”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #figuringthingsout, #god, #Godislove, #hope, #lifeizgood, #mentalhealth, #notmymonkees, #prayer, #thatswhatfriendsarefor, #theclash, @retirement, love
Posted on May 3, 2023
by JANET L BARKER
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My microscope these days zooms in and out with the speed of my unsatiable van’s fuel tank. I feel everything. See everything. The blue jay that feeds from Monet’s dog bowl, the bushy tail of the red fox weaving in and out of the damp, Oregonesque fauna here… Continue Reading “Live Like a Warrior”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #bestlifeever, #betterdays, #California, #cambria, #camping, #change, #hope, #lifeizgood, #livelikeawarrior, #newlife, #peacelikeariver, #retirement, #vanlife
Posted on February 22, 2023
by JANET L BARKER
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Dove grey satin ripples toward me, shifting suddenly like a water snake skimming the surface. The breakwater-caged-sea ebbs and flows as I attempt to absorb this graceful, milky dance. Sunset. Without hoopla, without Academy Award-applauding fanfare—Nature—with some modifications by clever engineers, does its thing… Continue Reading “Staying put—for now”
Category: #education, #gmashavingfun, #grandparents, #hope, @retirementTags: #California, #dontworrybehappy, #grandparents, #havingfun, #hope, #lifeizgood, #love, #loveeverymoment, #retiredteacher, #retirement
Posted on February 3, 2023
by JANET L BARKER
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I love to plan. It’s like cleaning a bedroom closet or the fridge; while I dread the getting-started-phase feeling overwhelmed by the task at hand, once I get started, I’m energized by the process, and the end result: Efficiency. Tidiness. Everything in its place.… Continue Reading “Best laid plans”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #doglove, #education, #faith, #grandparents, #hope, #joecocker, #lifeizgood, #loss, #love, #loveeverymoment, #maryoliver, #poetry, #puppylove, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #watercolor, #withalittlehelpofmyfriends
Posted on January 28, 2023
by JANET L BARKER
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The sun warms my face and bones. It’s summer, late January. Cloudless. With this exciting cornucopia of impromptu events taking place right outside my balcony. Including the heartbreaking cries of a baby downstairs. This has thus far been such a quiet apartment complex, except… Continue Reading “Diving acrobats of the sea”
Category: UncategorizedTags: ##portofinohotel, #California, #education, #grandparents, #gratitude, #healing, #hope, #lifeizgood, #loveeverymoment, #movingon, #ocean, #peace, #portofinoapartments, #redondobeach, #redondobeachmarina, #retiredteacher, #teachers, #teaching, #wonder, @retirement, love
Posted on January 6, 2023
by JANET L BARKER
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I’d like to credit and thank Royce Morales of Perfect Life Awakening for her recent blog and exactly perfect word that describes how I’m feeling these days. I suspect I’m not alone. First, the definition of limbo from Webster’s: 1. place or state of… Continue Reading “Limbo Land”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #calmbeforethestorm, #education, #grandparents, #gratitude, #hope, #lifeizgood, #loveeverymoment, #malibu, #perfectlifeawakening, #retiredteacher, #roycemorales, @retirement, love
Posted on October 17, 2022
by JANET L BARKER
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If you’ve been following my blog for a bit, you’ve probably observed that I get tied-up in knots; I go round and around, jump as if someone’s pushing me, and when I finally land, the proverbial parachute cords have lassoed my legs paralyzing my… Continue Reading “When Place is Your Teacher”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #bridgeport, #camping, #easternsierras, #enjoyeverymoment, #eurovanvwcamper, #faith, #hope, #lifeizgood, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #travelswithgrandma, #twinlakes
Posted on October 10, 2022
by JANET L BARKER
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So many times I wanted to write to you—to me—in my sweet-like-a-child attempt to capture the moment, the day, the weeks. But, alas, the day-to-day responsibilities of couch-surfing, of determiming where I am needed, where I need to go for a night or several,… Continue Reading “My new home”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #395, #beinthemoment, #chasingFall, #faith, #fall, #fall2022, #fallcolors, #grandma, #hope, #lifeizgood, #loveeverymoment, #nowisthetime, #retiredteacher, #vwcamper, love
Posted on August 25, 2022
by JANET L BARKER
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I don’t fish. I barely even eat it. But my son said on my way back to Southern California that I should stop by one of his favorite hideaways about an hour east from Medford, Oregon. Normally, I camp. I had all the equipment… Continue Reading “Fish Lake Resort”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #berrypie, #cabins, #camping, #faith, #fishlakeresort, #freedom, #healing, #lifeizgood, #livetheadventure, #lookforthegood, #Nature, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #southernoregon, #startingover, #subaru
Posted on April 28, 2022
by JANET L BARKER
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It occurred to me this morning about 3 a.m., that we’re all out at sea, cruising to places we think we want to go to, or the opposite, getting stuck miles from shore. We wait. The skies rumble as the waves engorge and we… Continue Reading “From lost to found”
Category: UncategorizedTags: ##love, #actIII, #educators, #faith, #gratitude, #hope, #humility, #lifeizgood, #loveeveryminute, #retiredteachers, #teachers