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Live my life by the Desiderata, Golden Rule and gratitude. Believe Good is stronger than Evil & that the Arts remind us of that. Life’s too short: eat chocolate!
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.

Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Good morning, my friend!
As the #Christmas season comes to an end on this January 6th “Feast of the Epiphany,” (the arrival of the Magi with their gifts), I wish for you, and the world, one thing:
Christmas decorations in a downtown park in Falmouth, on Cape Cod, December, 2025.
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Good morning, my friend! It’s #NationalBirdDay! 2 pics of my nest-door neighbors from a weekend walk locally: “7 #swans a swimmin’” and too many ducks to count (but at least they’re all in a row!😉) Unbirdlievable how they all quacked me up! Happy Monday!
7 swans a swimmin’ (yes, 7- -look closer, one is just sticking out from behind another)… Ducks. Lots and lots of ducks.
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Sharing this nicely-made list of the 2026 full moons and Supermoons. Plus 3 photos of the Wolf Moon rising outside my grocery store as I headed home. (clic on pics to enlarge).
List put out by AccuWeather of the 2026 full moons and supermoons. Photo taken at 4:21 pm. Photo taken at 4:24 pm. Photo taken at 4:29 pm. Yes, I really did just stand in the grocery store parking lot for almost 10 minutes taking these photos and admiring the beauty. And hello to the dad and his 3-yr old(?) who stopped and watched with me for a few…(before it got too cold for the Little)…
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Not our usual end-of-week #respite in #mygarden, but “garden-ish!”-a top of the year #bouquet complete with #NewYear’s countdown ball!🎉You made it through the holiday hustle-bustle.👏 Now go enjoy* the 1st #weekend of 2026!

(*enjoy= break those #resolutions?😉)
Combination of two sweet “Happy New Year” bouquets sitting on my kitchen table!
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
No party balloons or fireworks, but simply, my wish that 2026 gives you everything you need to move forward in peace.
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Sharing my last column of ‘25! Meet John Ferrillo, first chair/oboe of the #BSO!🎶

And let’s close-out ‘25 with eyes looking ahead only. Don’t carry the past year’s ‘stuff’ into the #NewYear. Find #joy in every note, celebrate life’s rhythms.
I wish you #peace.
#GoodVibes 🎉
My (Boston) Post-Gazette column about BSO oboist John Ferrillo. December 26, 2025 issue.
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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And we have another Birthday of a “Folc hero” (new name for “Friends of Laura Carlo”) to celebrate today!!!
Everyone please send best wishes to longtime listener and FOLC, “Nurse Nancy” from NH! (A true nurse-angel who walks among us!!!) 😘

🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
December 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Was washing a mug when I noticed friend & web designer Itsy-Bitsy hanging on the outside screen. He said “I like making jokes on the fly: What do you get when you cross a #snowman with a #spider? Give up? Frostbite!” Then he left ‘coz he had to check his webmail!
Happy Tues!
This spider is Itsy-Bitsy, an old friend. He was climbing on an outside screen yesterday, and stopped to tell me a groaner of a Dad(dy Long Legs) Joke! 🕷️🕸️
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Saw this meme 3 different places over the weekend and laughed each time because it’s so true for so many of us.
It’s #Monday, December 29th (I checked).
We can do this! Hang in there!
Unsigned meme showing dates December 1-26, the word “Festive,”and a smiling stick figure wearing a Santa hat. The second drawing has the dates December 27-31st, and the stick figure is holding a piece of cheese. The words below say “Confused, full of cheese, unsure of the day of the week.” (No artist name visible. Will credit if we learn their identity.)
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
Happy #FriYay!
I hope you had a lovely day yesterday with warm and happy memory-making (and yummy foods)!
Guess what I just realized:
Elf meme as he realizes it’s “Only 364 days to go until Christmas!” (Actor Will Ferrell as Elf)
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Good morning, my friend!
A simple wish for everyone. ❤️
On an extra kitchen chair sits a pillow with the words: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” as lights twinkle around it.
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Good morning, my friend! 2nd annual #cookie party for neighbor littles. They ate huge choc-chip cookies while decorating a #gingerbread house. Then each took home a dozen sugar cookies and a decorating kit I put together. Littlest one sold me a box of GS cookies! Wish they’d stay little!Merry Eve!❤️🎄
My neighborhood littles love 🍪chocolate chip cookies most. Made 5-dozen, only 8 left! 🥰 They did a great job with gingerbread house 👍(but why is a Xmas tree on the roof?)🤣 Xmas-shaped sugar cookies waiting to be chosen: Candy canes, angels, snowflakes, bells, Santa’s boots, penguins, ornaments, gingerbread men, Xmas trees and shooting stars). Littlest one sold me a box of Girl Scout cookies. And took my order for more. She knows me.
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Today is #Festivus! Fans of 90s sitcom #Seinfeld know about the anti-commercialism #holiday created by character Frank Costanza. It was actually created by author Dan O’Keefe and used on the show! It’s now a “thing!” Happy “Festivus for the rest of us” to all who celebrate!🎉
“Invitation” to sitcom Seinfeld’s character Frank Costanza’s house to celebrate Festivus. Google search screenshot of Festivus highlights.
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Good morning, my friend! We celebrated the #WinterSolstice with the lights festival at #SouthwickZoo in Mendon, MA. Twinkling lights, light tunnels, carousel, goat petting zoo, & “meet Santa”- couldn’t ask for anything better! Days are now getting longer: may your hearts be…light!
#FamilyTime
Welcome sign at the Southwick Zoo in Mendon, MA. A light tunnel! Large “Christmas ornament” you can walk through! Young kid finds another kid at the goat petting zoo at Southwick Zoo.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Good morning, my friend! And good evening, too! Every #Friyay I invite you to share a #respite in #mygarden. Today, 2 pics of the #sunset as seen through #backyard #pines and #viburnums. At this hectic time of year, gift yourself a moment of #peace.
Bundle up…and just #breathe.
Happy #weekend! ❤️
Sun setting behind my backyard pine trees and viburnums.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Good morning my friend!
Walked through a #CapeCod town and- don’t tell anyone(!)- discovered a magical portal to Santa’s North Pole Village! The closeup clearly shows elf shoes in front of a 5” door! But shhh! It’s our secret, ok?
#elves
#elfdoorway
#secret
#pinkyswear
#SantasVillage
#holidaymagic
Teeny tiny doorway at base of tree on a busy main street in Falmouth, MA. (Dec. 2025) Closeup of the tiny doorway. See the elf shoes?? Obviously an elven portal to Santa’s North Pole Village!
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Good morning, my friend! We cleared dishes after dinner and I noticed the gnome on the stove. Asked Hubs why? He began singing “Gnome, gnome on the range!” 😂
My turn! I moved gnome next to Santa and made a sign!
(Good thing we found each other. We saved the rest of you!👍)
#puns
#gnomes
#dadjokes🙄
🎶”Gnome, gnome on the range!”🎶 Santa says: “Just hangin’ with my gnomies…”
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Here’s my new column for the Boston Post-Gazette. Meet Catherine D’Amato, CEO of the Greater Boston Food Bank. Concerned about hunger in your community? She gives us a 4-part action plan. Clic on pic to enlarge, or visit bostonpostgazette.com, “Past Issues.”
#GBFB
#EndHunger
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Good morning, my friend! How was your weekend? Turns out some neighbors came to visit us but after sole searching they must have gotten cold feet and left. It was so cold that I toe-tally understand.
It’s a new week, friend, so time to make tracks! Happy Monday!
#footprints
#freshsnow
#snowysteps
Turkey tracks (from last count we have a couple of dozen living somewhere behind our property) Bunny? Squirrel? Both? Our visitors made ut up to our front steps!
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Happy Hanukkah to all our friends of Jewish faith! 🕎
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Good morning, my friend! Every #FriYay I invite you to a #respite in #mygarden. Eyes up! What’s better than just 1 “partridge in a pear tree?” Dozens of #birds! Spend some time watching them come & go, perching, hearing which ones sing. (Clic on pics to see some in flight.)
#calming
#soulfood
#peace
A few birds already perched on branches in my Bradford Pear tree as a large bird approaches from the left. In just a minute’s time many more join in… Another large bird approaches from the right. This tree is busier than Logan airport with multiple takeoffs & landings every minute!
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Good morning, my friend! A view of my #Christmas Countdown” #puzzle, and a closeup of birds decorating their home in the Dec.11th panel. Christmas is 3 weeks from today! Like these birds, just do what you can. Keep it simple and real!

Remember to breathe.
And to be kind to yourself…😘
My newly completed 1,000 piece puzzle showing a countdown to Christmas. Closeup view of the December 11th panel in my Christmas Countdown puzzle. The birds are decorating their home. Simple but homey!
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Goad morning, my friend! An ‘uplifting’ poem:
#Christmas Eve is 2 weeks from today, New Year’s Eve is 3 weeks away. I’d be lion if I said my To Do list was done. Mane thing to remember, holidays aren’t ‘won.’ Paws and reflect, enjoy every minute. What makes them special are the people who are in it!
Lion Balloon.
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Good morning, my friend! Very happy to share with you an interview a comm (journalism) student at Boston College (my alma mater) did with me. The article was for the school newspaper, The Heights. Kudos & thanks to freshman Celine Bell for choosing me to be her intvu subject!📰
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How Laura Carlo Became a Boston Radio Icon and Built Lasting Connections With Listeners
“If I can’t heal an individual, maybe I can heal the world,” Carlo said.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM