Virtual Visit to Ireland Dunguaire Castle, Galway

Good morning ladies and gentlemen: Today on your virtual tour of Ireland, we’re going to visit Gunguaire Castle in Kinvara County, Galway. (I hope you read that in your best “tour guide” inner voice - but you can put it away now and finish reading in your own!)
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A Tribute to My Mother - Thanks for the Memories

Tomorrow Jon (my oldest) turns 20, and I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what that means to me as a mother… And that has naturally brought me around to thinking about my own mother.
And since today - in the states, anyway - is Mother’s Day, I decided to put down into words this [...]

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Enjoy a Virtual Visit to Ireland - Day 1 - Dublin

Every year Alain and I take a week-long trip just for us - it’s a time for us to be together as a couple and just have fun.  (We take a month’s vacation in the summer and take the kids somewhere, so we’re not being mean.  But it’s important no matter what stage of life [...]

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F-Word for the Day: Freedom

Feeling fit, finding the freedom to be who you are, fixing past disappointments… this is what life at fifty is all about… How are you reinventing your F Words?

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Earth Hour - Going Dark to Protect the Planet

50 million people all over the planet “went dark” last year in an hour of power to save the planet by turning off the lights from 8:30 to 9:30 (local time). In some countries, today Saturday, 28, 2009, people are already starting. We’re ready - What are you going to do in the dark for an hour?

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