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A Whole New World

Posted on November 10, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

You know the “Aladdin” song? (just in case you need a reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2KLYRLQyw ) Well, that’s how I’m feeling these glorious November days, my new favorite month of the year, next to retirement October and September, the months the world goes back to work… Continue Reading “A Whole New World”

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Book Mountain

Posted on November 2, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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I’m sure it’s OK with you if my eyes are misty. Let me tell you why: For the first time in two years, I walked into a bookstore. Granted, it was a Big Box-type bookstore, still, there were row after row of hard bound… Continue Reading “Book Mountain”

Category: UncategorizedTags: ##imagination, #barnesandnoble, #coffeeandbooks, #covid, #favoritebooks, #giftofbooks, #grandparenting, #grandparents, #loveeverymoment, #mysideofthemountain, #Nature, #powerofreading, #powerofwords, #reading, #retiredteacher

When nothing is everything

Posted on October 30, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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I want for nothing. Content. Centered. At the knees of the sacred Sierra Nevada, humbled by the majesty of Mount Whitney. Drenched in the sun, tumbler of filtered water at my side. Just the clicking of the keyboard to stir the silence of this… Continue Reading “When nothing is everything”

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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”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #395, #California, #camping, #cherisheachday, #christepiscopalchurch, #convictlake, #easternsierras, #eurovancamper, #grace, #grandparent, #hope, #ilovecalifornia, #loveeverymoment, #loveiskind, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #stmargaretepiscopalchurch, #transcendence

Pieces of the Puzzle

Posted on October 14, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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Chapter One: The Little Girl My earliest memories: Mom, sitting at the sparkly canary yellow Formica kitchen table, smoking Pall Mall’s with her friend and next-door neighbor, Marian. I was about three. We had a calico cat named Penny, and a toad who lived… Continue Reading “Pieces of the Puzzle”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #1950s, #California, #education, #england, #grandparents, #grappenhall, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #memoir, #mothers, #postwar, #redondobeach, #retirement, #teaching, #truth

Finding Peace

Posted on October 8, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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Don’t expect great writing. Don’t expect interesting character development and twists and turns. It’s just me. My laptop, my 2001 VW Eurovan Camper, the trees, the Pacific Ocean, the squawking jays, the stained blue sky, the chiffon ribbon breeze, a chilled glass of chardonnay,… Continue Reading “Finding Peace”

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life is like a box of chocolates . . .

Posted on July 9, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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Jumble, jumble, jumble. Mumble, mumble, errr, errr…wipe the slate clean…wait, I can’t, not now, stay put, be patient, “You may not realize it now, but the Universe is unfolding as it should,” reads a sign tucked in the lemon tree in northwest corner of… Continue Reading “life is like a box of chocolates . . .”

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in one week

Posted on January 23, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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I’m gonna be vague. I might be specific. I’m eating steel cut oatmeal on a rainy Saturday morning with my grandson, two pups and ex-husband. The veggie sausages are sizzling and my coffee needs re-freshing. None of this matters and yet everything matters. It’s… Continue Reading “in one week”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #cancer, #education, #friendship, #grandparents, #lifeizgood, #love, #loveeverymoment, #retirement, #teaching

goodwill hunting

Posted on July 27, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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Monday’s are da bomb, don’t you think? Gotta crank it up. Gotta get focused. Seize control. Remember “The Why?” Embrace hope and Annie’s, “The sun will come up, tomorrow” philosophy. Check this out–you WILL smile! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3M_Hsobt4 Look for the moments in Nature, humanity, that… Continue Reading “goodwill hunting”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #bethechange, #californiadreaming, #compassion, #coronavirus19, #gardening, #grandparents, #loveeverymoment, #makeahealthydinner, #newyork, #positivity, #readmaryoliver, #singahappysong, #singanddance, #teaching

FIZZY DRINKS AND FRENCH BREAD

Posted on July 10, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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Sweet, sweet summer. Not the same as the last. But sweet. Not working wardrobe-pajamas, but hanging out and gardening pjs. Purposeful, summer-tossed bleached hair. Nonchalant late teeth-brushing. Patience of a naturalist’s eagerness to identify squirrel A (big Mama) from wiry squirrel B (Terrorizing Ted).… Continue Reading “FIZZY DRINKS AND FRENCH BREAD”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #blacklivesmatter, #boissetwine, #californiadreaming, #familymatters, #gardening, #grandparent, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #nyc, #positivevibes, #summerofcovid

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