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Archives for February 2012

FIRST BEST ACTOR OSCAR EVER – THESPIS!

February 26, 2012 By Lisa 48 Comments

1st Best Actor - theater

It’s Oscar time again, and I’m thinking about my recent trip to Greece and my discovery of who won the first  Oscar for best actor. Luckily, I was guided by the wonderful, and effervescent Betsy Filiotis on my trips to the ancient ruins, a fantastically well educated volunteer at the Greek Archaeology Society. She made everything I […]

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LOVE IT, NEED IT, OR LEAVE IT

February 24, 2012 By Lisa 48 Comments

Love it Need It - boxes

My mother is moving into a Seniors Living apartment this month, into a space that is less than one-third the size of what she has now. This means she’s had to tackle the difficult process of whittling down the lifetime of “stuff” she has accumulated. And as I helped her in her last push of packing, […]

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SHOES AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

February 20, 2012 By Lisa 58 Comments

Shoes - Garage

I know I’m feeling better when I start to believe that cleaning out my closet will actually change my life. Or, if I get my office straightened and organized – I will then be in the position to rule the world. But when I’m feeling down, I have the over-powering, pervasive feeling that none of […]

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BECAUSE OF YOU

February 14, 2012 By Lisa 76 Comments

Because - opening sky

I’d love to share a song with you that I’ve been saving for today – Valentine’s Day. When this song was first sent to me, it was hard for me to listen to it; in fact, it took me almost seven months before I could. It was written on the night of my husband, Patrick’s, […]

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DAYTONA SPEEDWAY “WIDOW’S CHALLENGE”, Pt 3 final, Outside the Comfort Zone

February 12, 2012 By Lisa 15 Comments

Outside - w: buns

I don’t know about me, but my two widow friends looked hot in their fire suits. And that Saturday, Little Red came back into the pit after standing outside for awhile, and I saw that she was teetering on the edge of some emotion. “There was a driver out there. A really good-looking driver,” she […]

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DAYTONA SPEEDWAY, “WIDOW’S CHALLENGE”, Pt 2 Outside the Comfort Zone

February 9, 2012 By Lisa 16 Comments

Daytona Ally me

                                Daytona’s Grand Am Rolex 24. A place where the competitors pit themselves somewhere between metal, strategy, and pavement, pushing the outside of the envelope of their, and their car’s performance for twenty-four hours straight. My two widow friends, and […]

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“PUT IT ON THE LIST” Pt 1, Outside the Comfort Zone

February 5, 2012 By Lisa 34 Comments

Pushing the edge of the envelope… I remember hearing that phrase and wondering, what does that mean? It was years later when I started to fly that I finally learned – in aviation, you have performance graphs, which cover the many facets of your aircraft’s capabilities – maximum speed, maximum altitude, maximum “G” loading, maximum payload […]

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