Hello All, I love my readers! I love that you are always looking out for ways for me to improve the blog. The latest request was to add a mechanism similar to a “like button” to use if there is a blog that you really enjoy. I, of course, had to send the request to wonderful Ashish, the King of the Blog (KOB). After researching this, it can be done but it creates a burden for you. Currently you can subscribe which is an easy function for you. You just need to add your e-mail address and this allows a note to alert you when I post a new blog. In…

Hello All, I hope this finds all of you staying healthy – physically, emotionally and spiritually. These are definitely different and sometimes difficult times. So I thought I would share a number of things that I have discovered that have been helping me stay sane (relatively sane anyway) and are allowing me to continue to learn fun things while on quarantine. Whether you are at home or need to relax when coming home after a busy shift, I hope these help! I love to travel. So Viking (of riverboat and ocean cruise fame) has created Viking TV, virtual travel from home! Monday is devoted to museums. Historian Tuesday – Arts…

Hello All, One thing about being homebound, there is a lot of time to listen to music. There will be many songs that will become the anthems of hope during this pandemic – both new and old songs. One of those old songs is my favorite to sing (poorly, I will admit – which is quite evident due to the acoustics in the shower) – “Lean On Me”. (I am sure you just wondered what my second favorite is! Well, that happens to be “Crazy” by Patsy Cline. Bob thinks that title is correctly associated with me!) “Lean On Me” is even more important to me because Bill Withers, the singer/songwriter,…

Hello All, This continues to be a scary time for all of us. Every one of us is doing our part, whether you are on the frontlines battling the virus or you are staying home so you are one less person for the healthcare team to battle for! I know each of us is doing this out of love. And as psychologist Lynne Namke says: “Love in action is service to the world.” Thank you for your love and service! At this time we all need to find some peace. I can hear the stress in people’s voices, read it in the lines of text messages and emails. The great…