Merry Christmas to all my friends and followers! May your hearts be full and family be near. For those of us who are missing loved ones- I Feel You! Holidays can be tough. I’m always looking for ways to bring my parents close without dragging my spirit into the Christmas trenches. My mother had a…
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“Christmas in my Bones”
“Christmas in my Bones” https://cperciaccanto.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/christmas-in-my-bones-2/ — Read on cperciaccanto.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/christmas-in-my-bones-2/ I wrote this is 2014, and it still holds true. If you haven’t read this book on an 83 year olds take on his Christmas’s through the years- do yourself a favor and find it. You can’t read it and not be filled with TRUE Christmas…
Sentimental Pack Rat
* This is dedicated to Dorothy Mitchell and Jeff and Mary Denton* In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” ~ Deepak Chopra Are you the type of person who becomes attached to things? I am. I’m not talking about being materialistic. Although, that…
The Odd Coffee Cup
IN HONOR OF MOTHER’s DAY- FOR A MOTHER I MISS SO MUCH❤️❤️❤️ Content and beaming with pride, she was happy to be a stay at home mother. But one blustery spring evening, news came of her husband’s sudden passing. Possessing no life insurance, there was little to cushion the financial blow from losing the breadwinner…
Write Outside-Adventure Edition
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” ~ Oprah This past January, I finally had the opportunity to visit my family at their seasonal home in El Pescadero and Todos Santos, Mexico. For nearly 8 years we’d been trying to make this trip happen and something always came…
Scenes of Christmas in the Mountains
Merry Christmas one and all! I hope everyone reading this had a beautiful and restful Christmas with family and friends, near and far. I wanted to share some Christmas photography that I’ve taken throughout my travels in the mountains of Western NC this holiday season. Along with the pictures, I hope you enjoy the seasoned…
6 Different Ways to Donate this Holiday
In conjunction with my Adventures in Volunteering series , I wanted to write a blog on donating. Volunteering doesn’t always have to be giving of our time. It can also consist of giving needed items or cash donations. Many of us don’t have the time to volunteer, and giving monetarily can go a long…
The Beat-Up Roasting Pan
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I love to share this, my very first blog post, every Thanksgiving as it holds much meaning to me. It’s been published in a few papers and a magazine, so I feel these feelings resonate with others as well. Hope you enjoy-again!! What are your plans this Thanksgiving? Are you…
A Question for Writers
I’m having a writer’s crisis of conscious…. How do you all divide your week between work, family, friends and writing? What does the graph look like when you break it down into percentages? As a wife with a full time job, the percentage I devote to writing each week varies but is…
Winter’s Edition of “Write Outside”
With spring like weather visiting the mountains of North Carolina, my husband and I took a short hike into the nearby national park. It was overcast when we started out,causing a slight chill to the air, but an hour into our hike the clouds scattered, leaving us to chase blue skies. On my next blog,…
Christmas Conundrum
What an ending to 2016! This year had high points but proved very challenging for our family. And December has proved that this year is going out with a bang… or kick in the teeth…and shins! In four weeks, I lost my aunt and suffered from the flu, strep throat, a fast and furious stomach…
In Memory of my Aunt and in Honor of my Uncle
Due to having both strep throat and the flu simultaneously, I am late to posting this. My Aunt passed away peacefully last Thursday ,following a 14 year fight with Alzheimers. I wanted to re-post a blog I wrote two years ago after staying with my Aunt and Uncle in memory of my Aunt and in…
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