semifreelife

from someone who just learned of my mother's death. your mother was one of my favorite friends and yes, a remarkable woman. I talked w...

today we had to find the local locations of the banks we do business with at home. so since we located both my bank and Phil's close tog...

penny is loving her new job in Florida! here she is working at her computer. (and I see her sister is hiding behind her - probably telling h...

this time to our new home away from home in Florida.  We arrived late last night after two days in the car with our two cats.  they did extr...

a new year!  everyone keeps saying this one HAS to be better for me.  from their mouths to god's ears for sure. many posts ago I said ...

of the year- finally!  my new year's resolution is not to have anyone I love die this year but I can tell this will be one that I can...

when we decided to go to Morocco that things would change.  we had been in Spain for three weeks - actually more Andalusia than all of Spain...

my mother did not take (yet) was to Japan.  of course she had a layover in Japan on her way to China in 1987 but since she never left the ai...

preparing for a long time to lose my mom.  in 2009 she was so very sick that all my doctor friends told me - based on her blood numbers - th...

post for today- some more photos- we always laugh about the "fat German boy" comment because as long as I was growing up my dad ...

so of course I am thinking about lots of things my mother and I did over the years that we were traveling companions.  we pretty much loved ...

is the name of the place where my mother spent her last year and a half of life.  we always kidded her that she actually lived at the Ritz. ...

condolences keep coming in and already a sympathy card arrived in the mail.  today I am feeling much more peaceful and less agitated.  here ...