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FIRST BEST ACTOR OSCAR EVER – THESPIS!

February 26, 2012 By Lisa 48 Comments

FIRST BEST ACTOR OSCAR EVER – THESPIS!

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, OR LEAVE IT

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 AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

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 OF YOU

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

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

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

                                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

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

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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