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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

Marriage after retirement: Looking for a fight

May 8, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  There was a time when leaving the corporate world to live differently was not at all straightforward for me. Some people would say—and they surely have a point—what, are you nuts? But I was someone who had always worked--starting as a kid giving guitar lessons--until we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Life, Marriage, Volunteering Tagged With: emotional life after retirement, Marriage, retirement, volunteering after retirement

Welcome

December 5, 2012 By Susan Troccolo

Welcome Readers, Thanks so much for stopping by. This site has been designed as a creative home away from home, online digs for work in progress, a place to play and a place to connect. Since bloggers blog at the pleasure of our readers, you wonder what life, change, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Change, Friends, Grief and Loss, Harvest, Letters to Jenny, Life, Love, Marriage, Mentors, Seasons in a Portland Garden, The Writing Life, Travel, Volunteering, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden

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