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The Weather Outside is Frightful for This California Gal

Posted on November 19, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

You know you are a REAL writer when… You are observing your gifted daughter teaching her Fourth-Grade students a stone’s throw from the Hudson River and the only thing you can think of, besides how so damn proud you are of her and where… Continue Reading “The Weather Outside is Frightful for This California Gal”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #daughters, #education, #grandparents, #hope, #love, #loveeverymoment, #manhattan, #newyork, #nyc, #NYCPublicschoolteacher, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teachers, #teaching, #thanksgiving

Why Wait for New Year’s Eve?

Posted on November 8, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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New York is hot. Hotter than The Southern California I left two days ago. I’m in short sleeves, a skirt, sitting in the sun on my daughter and son-in-law’s Forest Hills balcony, relishing the 76 temps and bone-warming rays. At this point, I did… Continue Reading “Why Wait for New Year’s Eve?”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #education, #grandparents, #health, #hope, #love, #loveeverymoment, #nevergiveup, #newyorkcity, #nyc, #NYCMarathon, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teachers, #teaching

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

No One Wants to Read a Blog …

Posted on February 8, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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About complaining. About why the world is going to hell. About who’s right and who’s wrong. About Trump. About Biden. About COVID. About masks. About insane, selfish people who value their rights over the health and welfare of others. We want to read about… Continue Reading “No One Wants to Read a Blog …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #babyshark, #Broadway, #California, #Finland, #grandma, #grandparents, #Hadestown, #hope, #llaboulangeriedefrancois, #loveeverymoment, #newyork, #nyc, #parenting, #retiredteacher, #southerncalifornia, #writinglife

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

Meet you in Manhattan

Posted on November 20, 2021 by JANET L BARKER

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An Uber driver galloped through 5 a.m. Saturday traffic to Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Those iconic, fairy tale lights that define NYC’s skyline felt like coachmen escorting us–Mommy Katie, Dada Jason and Grandma JanZ—to Cinderella’s ball. It was surreal, like a scene from… Continue Reading “Meet you in Manhattan”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #grandparents, #grandsons, #hope, #HudsonRiver, #loveeverymoment, #newbaby, #newgrandparent, #newparents, #nyc, #proudgrandma, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teaching

On the eve of everything

Posted on August 22, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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Not sleeping. Feeling intense anxiety. It’s hot. It’s smoky. Katie and Millie are leaving for NYC tomorrow. Distant Learning starts next week. Technology training last week. I’m crying in the mornings. I feel such a profound sense of loss and fear. I want to… Continue Reading “On the eve of everything”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #californiawildfires, #coronavirus, #distantlearning, #education, #grandparents, #imnotok, #nyc, #teaching, #writing

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

To Be of Service

Posted on May 12, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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Two months ago tomorrow, I jumped on the red eye from LAX and arrived in the early hours hoping and praying I made it in time to witness the birth of my granddaughter. Fortunately, I arrived in plenty of time–a week before my daughter… Continue Reading “To Be of Service”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #coronavirus19, #faith, #grandparents, #hope, #newbabies, #newmoms, #newparents, #nyc

Saturday Before Sunday

Posted on May 9, 2020 by JANET L BARKER

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Be in the present moment. That’s what I am learning. Becoming. Cherish the gift of now.

Category: UncategorizedTags: #boissetwines, #coronavirus19, #findyourpassion, #findyourpurpose, #grandchildren, #grandparents, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #lvewines, #motherday, #nyc, teacher

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