Love Notes

Remember the Belinda Carlisle song:

Vacation all I ever wanted
Vacation had to get away

I've had a bit of a girl crush on Belinda since her 1980s days in the Go Gos.   Read more

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This week's note is light and airy and full of summer fun.  Just like Jerry Garcia sang:
Sunshine daydream
Walking in the tall trees
Going where the wind goes ...

 

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Tomorrow's solstice brings the summer in earnest.   Woo hoo!   To celebrate, we're heading to Nantucket and I'll be taking next Monday off from writing the Love Notes.   Last week, I wrapped up my binge watch of HBO's light docudrama/comedy series "Julia", based on my beloved hero Julia Child.   Her program, "The French Chef", basically invented food TV - to say nothing about breaking the gender barrier and the stereotype for leading ladies of the day.  Read more

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How do you use a keyboard to type the sound of a long slow exhale breath, like an extended sigh?  In yoga they call it ocean's breath.   Take a deep breath in, and with your lips closed, exhale slowly, audibly, and deeply.  It sounds a little like an ocean wave.   You can try it right now - it's ok, no one is listening and no one cares if you do weird stuff like that nowadays anyway.  Read more

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Oh Lana you are looking oh so fine.  I secretly want to spend an entire afternoon just hanging about in that big pink clam shell, lazing idly among all those pillows.   How about we throw in a good summer read and a bag of Cape Cod Waves potato chips while we're at it.   Ah ... what a perfect lazy summer day that would be. 

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