tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23777702925022611482024-03-07T00:49:29.720-05:00Pink GranitePink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.comBlogger1619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-18077882112216865142022-07-23T13:02:00.005-04:002023-11-29T21:21:58.218-05:00Summer of '75This sustained heatwave has me thinking about the summer of 1975, the year my niece Kayla was born. Growing up in Rhode Island, without air-conditioning, the beach was our recreation and our refuge. Blankets and towels would be spread out and items from coolers to sandals to books and radios would be placed on the corners to keep the welcome onshore winds from flipping up the corners. No Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-92048933462498701652021-04-13T01:50:00.005-04:002021-04-13T01:50:35.861-04:00Combat COVID
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Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-38589935573020329432020-12-18T11:45:00.003-05:002020-12-18T11:48:04.614-05:00“Build Back Better”
Chanukah.
Rededication.
“Build Back Better”
The parallels are clear.
I was in a workshop yesterday focused on Chanukah where we discussed the differences between dedication and rededication. In my breakout study group, I offered that with rededication you already know the realities of what you are about to say yes to again. I compared it to the saying “a second marriage is a triumph of Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-53787559368450221482020-04-28T01:12:00.001-04:002020-04-28T01:12:57.958-04:00In Karen's Honor
Today is my sister Karen’s yahrzeit - the anniversary of the day she died. Karen died in 2012, a week before her 65th birthday. In 2001 Karen spent a month in the Mayo Clinic fighting for her life. She survived ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome). At the time we knew how high the mortality rate for ARDS was and how incredible her recovery was. But in 2012, the cumulative damage to her Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-748866577584102372020-03-15T00:15:00.000-04:002020-03-15T02:48:29.723-04:00Rail Trail Therapy
We took a walk on the Rail Trail this afternoon. We were not the only ones with that idea. It was crowded - well, for that particular section it felt crowded. Sometimes, when we’re walking and the only ones there, I ask Chuck if he phoned ahead to reserve it just for us. Today, not so much. As clouds moved in and out in front of the sun, we saw solo walkers, runners and bicyclists; couples, andPink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-44143300966220802362019-12-21T17:58:00.001-05:002019-12-21T17:58:16.128-05:00Solstice SunsetThere was a brief and subtle sunset tonight. Photographs couldn't do it justice. It was soft pink to mauve; a streak of yellow across orchid; and then a burst of magenta; closing to soft blue gray. It was in the upper twenties, the air crisp and the snow crunched quietly underfoot as we walked on the paths and in the woods. The Shortest Day. The Solstice. Winter officially begins, even as the Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-83796107794645643962018-06-04T23:09:00.000-04:002018-06-05T03:14:22.750-04:00Grief Is Love
Today the Universe was kind to me. A friend from my childhood shared part of a quote by Jamie Anderson. It took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. I recognized the feelings and was deeply grateful for the way Ms. Anderson described grief as love. I went searching for the source and found her blog All My Loose Ends. Soon I found her original post, with the full quote: As the lights Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-85601649407389244762018-03-14T23:55:00.000-04:002018-03-15T01:37:16.444-04:00Personal StormsOver on Facebook, a smart and funny friend who is not originally from New England, was a bit fed up with all this snow. To be fair, three nor’easters in quick succession can do that. He also was rolling his eyes over people telling him about other major storms. It was his last comment, a bit of a toss off, which gave me pause. He said folks remember the names of the storms, but no one remembers Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-71088979415416244162017-05-14T14:18:00.001-04:002023-11-29T21:22:24.266-05:00Their Memories Live OnThey are all gone now.
My mother, Dorothy, died the day after Thanksgiving. This is my first Mother’s Day without her. In her memory I am re-posting what I wrote back in 2007:
We send our love and gratitude on Mother's Day to Dorothy and Betty. We send the same to Catherine, Marion, Minnie and Rose. We reach farther back to thank Leah, Fannie, Esther, Bessie, Mary, Mary, Elizabeth and Augusta. Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-18838205671628401052016-11-08T22:03:00.002-05:002016-11-08T22:03:30.084-05:00Election Night 2016We knew this would be a tough election and a rough night. And we knew that no matter the outcome, the work to move us forward would continue tomorrow; wounds would need to healed; new - perhaps fragile - bridges built.
If things continue to go pear shaped, we will all need to be even more committed in our support of the organizations and elected officials who share our values. We will not Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-41660689603162466712016-06-19T11:23:00.000-04:002016-06-19T13:32:10.082-04:00Happy Father’s Day, Dad
Dear Dad,
Thank you for working so damn hard for all of us every single day. Thank you for being such a wonderful storyteller. Thank you for singing and laughing and barbecuing and making sink sandwiches and kneeling in prayer every night. Thank you for “Anh anh, ea-sy, ooh ooh” and “All I want is ladies!” and “What’s the chill factor?” Thank you for teaching me to drive and loving the ocean Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-46327766173240827492016-05-30T10:51:00.002-04:002016-05-30T10:51:56.481-04:00Uncle Carl
Uncle Carl had just turned 33 when he was killed in action in Italy during World War II. He had graduated from Harvard but not yet married when he was called up. He was the eldest of seven. When his younger brother, my late father-in-law, was following him into the army, he wrote him a letter filled with practical and brotherly advice - including how to deal with the anti-semitism he would Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-31522791421704579272016-04-26T00:01:00.000-04:002016-04-26T01:05:10.131-04:00Hearts IIDear loved ones of Suzann Diehl,
We visit that heart shaped rock slab on top of Cadillac Mountain twice a year.
We will check in on your heart each time we do…
On this April visit, all was well and as we first found it last October.
Sincerely,
Lee and Chuck
Previous post: HeartsPink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-30585898266667557832016-02-25T19:54:00.000-05:002016-02-25T19:54:31.960-05:00Dad
January 16, 1920 ~ February 25, 1988
28 years.
I love you and miss you every day.
Thank you for everything, Dad.
Zichrono liveracha / Your memory is a blessing...Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-28440368241175102432015-12-24T22:05:00.003-05:002015-12-24T22:06:27.659-05:00Be Not Afraid
Kol haolam kulo gesher tzar m’od
v’ha-ikar lo l’facheid klal
The entire world is but a narrow bridge;
the most important thing is not to be afraid
~ Reb Nachman of Breslov
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Indefinite Article
Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing: a region; a person...
a cancer...
We were driving along, slurping slushy Del’s Frozen Lemonades and relishing the unique-to-Rhode-Island taste when his cell phone rang. The number displayed didn’t look familiar. He was about to ignore it. Then I asked: “What if it’s Lahey Clinic?”
Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-72109184015682320732015-11-27T11:37:00.001-05:002015-11-27T11:37:45.109-05:00Black FridayFor as long as I can remember, the day after Thanksgiving has involved shopping. Being 57, we’re talking over half a century! But when I was growing up we didn’t refer to it as “Black Friday”, even though the term has apparently been around much longer than I have. It was just the “Day After Thanksgiving” sales and shopping.
When I was very young my mother, my sisters Karen and Gail and I wouldPink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-82876783557312754242015-11-16T23:20:00.001-05:002015-11-27T10:42:22.205-05:00Peace...
"Blue Marble" photograph via NASA
Transliterated languages via Columbia University
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~ Anne Lamott
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“On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us re-consecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.”
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-3109087278870378172015-11-01T23:31:00.000-05:002015-11-01T23:31:57.576-05:00On Grief"Some things in life cannot be fixed. They can only be carried."
~ Megan Devine
Learn more about Megan Devine
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Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-4668713962722592992015-10-24T21:34:00.000-04:002015-10-25T23:35:10.827-04:00HeartsDear loved ones of Suzann Diehl,
We visit that heart shaped rock slab on top of Cadillac Mountain twice a year.
We will check in on your heart each time we do…
Sincerely,
Lee and ChuckPink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-45591410417578282222015-10-23T22:11:00.002-04:002015-10-23T22:11:46.987-04:00Sunset
Gorgeous sunset tonight over the Mount Desert Narrows, between Trenton and Mount Desert Island, Maine.Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-74763915874804421052015-10-01T10:10:00.000-04:002015-10-01T12:10:51.684-04:00Pope Francis & A Clerk From KentuckyKim Davis is the elected civil employee in Kentucky who disobeyed Federal law and refused to issue civil marriage licenses to same sex couples in her jurisdiction. Davis, the daughter of Roman Catholics who currently identifies herself as an Apostolic Christian, has said her religious beliefs preclude her from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Professor Katherine Davis of Columbia Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377770292502261148.post-86328978831913368982015-09-21T22:43:00.002-04:002015-09-21T22:47:04.143-04:00New Drinking Game
If not Bernie Sanders
I would suggest Martin O’Malley
Or perhaps Hillary Clinton
Thanks to Alana Is Alive for the original post.Pink Granitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868107997163851415noreply@blogger.com0