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We Don’t Do THAT in Connecticut!! (A CT Girl’s Love for Kent Island)

old lyme to kent island

Take a look at the image up above. Old Lyme, CT is on the left and Kent Island, MD is on the right. Now as you can see, there are many, many miles between the two. Still, you wouldn’t think they would be that different – both small communities surrounded by water, boating and an influx of crazy outsiders known as summer people between the months of June and August. But oooh, you would be so wrong! Apparently, the most oft heard phrase coming out of my mouth for the last 6 months or so is “We don’t do THAT in Connecticut!!” You would think I moved to another country or planet and not just down the eastern seaboard. A few months ago I asked, what I thought, a very basic question “When does hunting season start?” The reply I

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P and C’s, P and C’s…

basball

Every January, like clockwork, it begins. He starts pacing around the house muttering under his breath – P and C’s, P and C’s. Soon afterwards you can find him throwing phantom curve and knuckle balls from his lazy-boy. My Dad is a huge baseball fan – Red Sox to be exact.  What exactly does the P and C’s he’s muttering about stand for? It’s his shortened, bring spring on, mantra for Pitchers and Catchers – the day that the MLB Pitchers and Catchers can first report for spring training. This year it’s February 14th. I attract baseball fans in my life like gum to perfectly white sneakers. I don’t go looking for them, but there they are in my life. Briefly, last year, I was seeing a man who is a huge Mets fan. Had he been a Yankees fan

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The Year of Flow – 2011

Baltimore NYE fireworks 2010

Flow – to move or progress freely as if in a stream. Flow. Relax, sit back and flow. Over and over again this thought has been popping up in my head these past few weeks. I have a bad habit of not acknowledging all that I have done or the steps that I have taken in my life.  In the last few years I’ve put aside some time to take a moment and look back at where I was exactly a year ago. When I sit back and really look at 2010 I can see and appreciate all the amazing changes that happened in 12 months! This time last year I was living in Connecticut. Moving to Maryland was a still a hope and a dream. I didn’t know if it would happen. I just knew that it was the

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Defining 2010: 3 Little Words – revisited

Last year, at the end of December (December 30th to be exact), I shared 3 Little Words that I had chosen to Define 2010. They were: sleek, ownership and remarkable. Out of curiosity I reread the post a few days ago. I wanted to read my definitions and see if I had accomplished or met my goals. This past year has been one of big changes – from selling my Gram’s house (which I was care taking) to taking a leap of faith and moving to Maryland. They definitely weren’t factored in when I chose my words to lead me through 2010! I think I did well on one – sleek.  I still bum around the house in my yoga pants/fleece and if you happen to catch me on my morning 7-11 run to pick up my daily caffeine fix

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A Pounamu, Dreams and Changes

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Three years ago today, I was on a plane jetting back to New Zealand for a three week visit. I had made my host sister, Elise, a deal. Pay for my airfare and I will photograph your wedding. Much to my surprise, I found myself on a plane on Christmas morning going to the one place on earth I most needed to be. You see three years ago I was going through a very rough patch – I refer to it as my early mid-life crisis… In four weeks not only did I moved back to my home town but also back into my parents home, put my business on hold, said good-bye to someone I cared very much about and to top it off sold my car.  As I said to my Dad, “I hope life doesn’t ask anymore

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