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La Conner, Washington: Girl Trip

February 24, 2014 By Susan Troccolo

What’s better than a road trip with a good buddy? Some of you thought: husband maybe? Others of you protested, no way, it’s my dog, of course. But girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, dog, your current stud muffin…… A good road trip friend is a great friend indeed.   Just think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Food, Friends, Letters to Jenny, Life, People, Travel Tagged With: La Conner, La Conner Butterfly Garden, La Conner Rainbow Bridge, Mt. Rainier, road trips, Skagit Valley, Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Strait of San Juan de Fuca

New Shade Garden

February 11, 2014 By Susan Troccolo

Thanks to everyone who contributed so much valuable information in the comments section of the last post. I certainly learned a lot from all of you. And a special thanks to Donna who helped advertise the giveaway and chose our winner, Grace Peterson. Gardeners are a very generous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Seasons in a Portland Garden Tagged With: camillia "Fred Knudson", dahlias, generosity, shade garden, Skimmia Japonica, Vision & Verb

Re-thinking New Year’s Resolutions

January 2, 2014 By Susan Troccolo

Re-thinking Resolutions I started writing this blog post in a silly mood. Noticing that all my favorite bloggers were already writing about (or making fun of….) their resolutions started me thinking. Did you know, for example, that as Americans we are so obsessed with our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Harvest, Life, People, Seasons in a Portland Garden, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden Tagged With: Gabor Mate' M.D., Holiday stress, Nan Narboe, new year's resolutions, Take the Fall, The Practice Blog

Grateful for Paddy

November 5, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  There is only one way I know to completely quiet myself down before the holiday season and that is through gratitude. It’s the only thing that has ever really worked for me. And believe me, I’ve tried a lot of things! I guess it is because there is nothing in the act of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Change, Dogs, Friends, Life, Marriage, People Tagged With: Border Collie, Gratitude, Holiday season busyness, Old Ladies, Patrick Troccolo, Thanksgiving

Write Around Portland–Stacey’s story

October 23, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

Hi again dear Readers, The day after I sent out the post on Write Around Portland and freewriting, I received this short video that tells the story of a young woman who changed her life after being part of a Write Around Portland workshop. You can view the video here: this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Mentors, People, The Writing Life, Volunteering Tagged With: Kate Gray, Stacey's story, Volunteering, volunteering after retirement, Write Around Portland

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