Street art and statues in Galway Posted By Lorena This is by NO means a comprehensive post. There was almost too much to see - sometimes we'd walk one way and I wouldn't see...
Walking around Galway Posted By Lorena At this point, writing a blog post every other day about something I did, I'll be done telling everyone about my three weeks in Ireland...
Roscrea Round Tower and St. Conrad’s church Posted By Lorena After Hawk and I dropped Jenn off with her friend, to stay a day or two, we stopped at Roscrea Round Tower and St. Conrad's...
Cahir Castle Posted By Lorena On our drive from Wexford to Galway, in addition to stopping for gas and ALL THE SNACKS, we stopped at Cahir Castle. It was not...
Monday Musings Who do I want to be when I grow up? Posted By Lorena Maybe my Gen X is showing, but I didn't grow up knowing what I wanted to be. I remember having a chat with two other... Read More
Monday Musings Why me? Well, why *not* me? Posted By Lorena The other day, as I was telling my therapist about recently helping some elder friends, she said "you must wonder 'why you' a lot." And... Read More
Monday Musings Moving Out of Your Childhood Home Posted By Lorena Tell us about your experience of moving out from your childhood home. What was that first place like? How did the night go? Well, I... Read More
Monday Musings The Best Day of Your Life Posted By Lorena I'm so behind in these Daily Om journal posts.... Last year I signed up for "A Year of Writing to Uncover the Authentic Self" -... Read More
Miniatures Monday Musings Begin as you mean to go on Posted By Lorena New Year, same old me. Still kind of sick - not as bad as it was, say, two weeks ago, but I'm still coughing and... Read More
Letters to Tim Monday Musings Why do I write these? Who do I write them for? Posted By Lorena Dear Tim; Why do I write these posts about grief and loss and death and healing? Why do I write, so openly, about what I... Read More
Monday Musings One year, eight months, 16 days Posted By Lorena I've been a widow now for one year, eight months, and sixteen days. Twenty months and two weeks, if you call it by the way... Read More
Monday Musings House Painting vs Residing: Pros vs Cons Posted By Lorena The minute Tim and I moved into this house, I started thinking that I wished it was a different color. I don't HATE pale yellow,... Read More
Monday Musings Childhood Friends Posted By Lorena Who was your first friend? What did they mean to you as a kid? Do you have a favorite story about them? Are you still... Read More
Monday Musings Favorite foods Posted By Lorena Do you have a favorite dish, special dessert, or go-to recipe? Where has this dish made appearances in your life? Is there a common thread?... Read More
Monday Musings Forgotten Skills Posted By Lorena Do you have any skills you've lost over time? List as many as you can think of, no matter how proficient you were at them.... Read More
Monday Musings Rituals Posted By Lorena What ordinary rituals did your family have? Perhaps you always got ice cream after baseball games, or went fishing on Sundays. Do you feel like... Read More
The one of the houses/shops in the archway with reflections in the water reminds me of the Fells Point postcard…
I'm so proud of you. You've managed to take something awful that happened and used that grief and pain as…