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Fish Lake Resort

Posted on August 25, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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”

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Hello

Posted on August 25, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I am in the process of healing those below-the-surface microrganisms–-emotional bacteria. I knew it was there, but the gurgling junk—The Why behind The Why—was easy to bury beneath The List of Tasks and Shoulds. Keep calm and carry on sort of thing. Well, here’s what I… Continue Reading “Hello”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #brothers, #faith, #family, #god, #healing, #love, #newlife, #oregon, #peace, #relationships, #retirededucator, #retirement, #startingover, #thenextchapter

For Good

Posted on July 31, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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“We’re going to miss you. You may not be aware, but you’ve been an asset to your neighbors, and the neighborhood,” a fellow former teacher, neighbor and parent to former student, Cole, told me the other day. He’s 23 now. An assistant superintendent at… Continue Reading “For Good”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #blessed, #California, #change, #education, #forgood, #grandparents, #hope, #love, #loveeverymoment, #moving, #newbeginning, #RBUSD, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #sellingthefamilyhome, #teachers, #wicked

The Journey

Posted on June 3, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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PREFACE Today is my 66th birthday. In 14 years, I might be dead. Gruesome, I know. But my dad, 14 years hence my current age, had open heart surgery at 80 and my mom, she died in her 60s–my age, I believe. So, there you… Continue Reading “The Journey”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #eberlewine, #education, #grandparents, #growingold, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #maryoliver, #parentofadultchildren, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #sellingthefamilyhome, #teachers, #teaching, #thenextchapter, #wisdom

Love and loss

Posted on May 30, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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It is, without debate, a glorious Sunday before Memorial Day. Low 70s, slight breeze, monarchs dancing in the misty currents, absence of sirens from the Hermosa Beach Fiesta festivities, skywriting planes overhead, two impending offers on my house, another showing later this afternoon, and… Continue Reading “Love and loss”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #California, #coronavirus19, #education, #grandparents, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #memorialday, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teachers, #teaching, #texas

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

I jumped

Posted on May 9, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Sometimes, a lot of times, no, most days, I don’t want to write. I know it may sound strange since I’ve known I was a writer since the 3rd grade and Miss Maxine Way at Beryl Heights Elementary School pronounced in her Southern drawl, “Janet, you… Continue Reading “I jumped”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #grandma, #hope, #love, #moving, #newbeginning, #peace, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #travel

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?

Dazed and becoming less confused

Posted on March 22, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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A long time ago, in the days when people wrote letters and there was no such thing as texting and Instagramming, my girlfriend, Julie, and I would write each other. I addressed the letters to Dearheart and placed the time, date and mood of… Continue Reading “Dazed and becoming less confused”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #exhusband, #hope, #ledzeppelin, #lessons, #love, #loveeverymoment, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teacher

Bruce is still under medical supervision and other News of the Day

Posted on March 18, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Thanks Dear Readers for your thoughtful notes of concern about my ex-husband, Bruce. He is in a “rehab facility” doing the best he can to make sure his foot remains his foot. As those of you who’ve either experienced or witnessed the debilitating effects… Continue Reading “Bruce is still under medical supervision and other News of the Day”

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