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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!
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Sharing #fotos of #ParkerRiverNationalWildlifeRefuge on #PlumIsland where I walked recently with a friend. #Marsh on one side, #ocean on the other. #Photographers everywhere. And #birds. And even purple #sand. #Peaceful. #Nature. #Respite. #Recharge. #Breathe.
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Sharing #fotos of #ParkerRiverNationalWildlifeRefuge on #PlumIsland where I walked recently with a friend. #Marsh on one side, #ocean on the other. #Photographers everywhere. And #birds. And even purple #sand. #Peaceful. #Nature. #Respite. #Recharge. #Breathe.
Good morning, my friend! An old meme for #ThrowbackThursday.
See? It’s a real feeling! It’s not just you. 😉🤣
Hang on, and just do your best!
(And if it helps, remember that the weekend is in touching distance.)👍
See? It’s a real feeling! It’s not just you. 😉🤣
Hang on, and just do your best!
(And if it helps, remember that the weekend is in touching distance.)👍
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Good morning, my friend! An old meme for #ThrowbackThursday.
See? It’s a real feeling! It’s not just you. 😉🤣
Hang on, and just do your best!
(And if it helps, remember that the weekend is in touching distance.)👍
See? It’s a real feeling! It’s not just you. 😉🤣
Hang on, and just do your best!
(And if it helps, remember that the weekend is in touching distance.)👍
Good morning, my friend! Here’s my 7th every-other-week column, and my 1st of 2026! Meet Stephen Guerriero, Director of Ed. for the Chas. River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham! (He’s also a teacher, has 2 Masters Degrees, makes wine & jars his own tomatoes!)
Tap the foto to see it all.
Tap the foto to see it all.
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Good morning, my friend! Here’s my 7th every-other-week column, and my 1st of 2026! Meet Stephen Guerriero, Director of Ed. for the Chas. River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham! (He’s also a teacher, has 2 Masters Degrees, makes wine & jars his own tomatoes!)
Tap the foto to see it all.
Tap the foto to see it all.
And we have another birthday of a “Folc hero” (Friends of Laura Carlo). Everyone please send best wishes to longtime listener and Folc, BethChloe, an all-around wonderful person!😘
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
January 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
And we have another birthday of a “Folc hero” (Friends of Laura Carlo). Everyone please send best wishes to longtime listener and Folc, BethChloe, an all-around wonderful person!😘
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
Good morning, my friend! It’s another cold winter’s morning. I got quackin’, and began to pond-er “Waddle cheer you up so you don’t quack under pressure?”
Got it! Today is #NationalRubberDuckyDay!
(One is cheering you on, and one is sending you a hug.)
Now, go enjoy your Tuesday quacktivities!🦆
Got it! Today is #NationalRubberDuckyDay!
(One is cheering you on, and one is sending you a hug.)
Now, go enjoy your Tuesday quacktivities!🦆
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Good morning, my friend! It’s another cold winter’s morning. I got quackin’, and began to pond-er “Waddle cheer you up so you don’t quack under pressure?”
Got it! Today is #NationalRubberDuckyDay!
(One is cheering you on, and one is sending you a hug.)
Now, go enjoy your Tuesday quacktivities!🦆
Got it! Today is #NationalRubberDuckyDay!
(One is cheering you on, and one is sending you a hug.)
Now, go enjoy your Tuesday quacktivities!🦆
Good morning, my friend! Today can be the “Mondayest Monday ever,”
OR…it can be made better.
You decide.
#Monday
#MondayMugs
#MondayMotivation
#Empowerment
#DoSomething
#GetItDone
OR…it can be made better.
You decide.
#Monday
#MondayMugs
#MondayMotivation
#Empowerment
#DoSomething
#GetItDone
January 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Good morning, my friend! Today can be the “Mondayest Monday ever,”
OR…it can be made better.
You decide.
#Monday
#MondayMugs
#MondayMotivation
#Empowerment
#DoSomething
#GetItDone
OR…it can be made better.
You decide.
#Monday
#MondayMugs
#MondayMotivation
#Empowerment
#DoSomething
#GetItDone
Good morning, my friend!
Happy #FriYay! Easy to complain about snow & cold: it’s hard to drive in, and shivering isn’t fun. But the quiet beauty of #mygarden this week cemented why I’d never move away from a place where each of the 4 #seasons is represented. #LifeSavors #winter #respite #home
Happy #FriYay! Easy to complain about snow & cold: it’s hard to drive in, and shivering isn’t fun. But the quiet beauty of #mygarden this week cemented why I’d never move away from a place where each of the 4 #seasons is represented. #LifeSavors #winter #respite #home
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Good morning, my friend!
This came in the mail attached to an insurance card. First thing I thought: “Yeah, sometimes life makes you feel/react like that.” 🤪
If you ever relate, just do something that hits your personal “re-set” button because the world needs “all of you.”
This came in the mail attached to an insurance card. First thing I thought: “Yeah, sometimes life makes you feel/react like that.” 🤪
If you ever relate, just do something that hits your personal “re-set” button because the world needs “all of you.”
January 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Good morning, my friend!
This came in the mail attached to an insurance card. First thing I thought: “Yeah, sometimes life makes you feel/react like that.” 🤪
If you ever relate, just do something that hits your personal “re-set” button because the world needs “all of you.”
This came in the mail attached to an insurance card. First thing I thought: “Yeah, sometimes life makes you feel/react like that.” 🤪
If you ever relate, just do something that hits your personal “re-set” button because the world needs “all of you.”
Reposted
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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:
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:
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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:
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:
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!
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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!
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).
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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).
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?😉)
(*enjoy= break those #resolutions?😉)
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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?😉)
(*enjoy= break those #resolutions?😉)
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.
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
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.
No party balloons or fireworks, but simply, my wish that 2026 gives you everything you need to move forward in peace.
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 🎉
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 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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 🎉
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 🎉
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!!!) 😘
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
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
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!!!) 😘
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
Everyone please send best wishes to longtime listener and FOLC, “Nurse Nancy” from NH! (A true nurse-angel who walks among us!!!) 😘
🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳🎉🎂🥳
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!
Happy Tues!
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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!
It’s #Monday, December 29th (I checked).
We can do this! Hang in there!
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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!
It’s #Monday, December 29th (I checked).
We can do this! Hang in there!
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:
Happy #FriYay!
I hope you had a lovely day yesterday with warm and happy memory-making (and yummy foods)!
Guess what I just realized:
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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:
Happy #FriYay!
I hope you had a lovely day yesterday with warm and happy memory-making (and yummy foods)!
Guess what I just realized:
Good morning, my friend!
A simple wish for everyone. ❤️
A simple wish for everyone. ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good morning, my friend!
A simple wish for everyone. ❤️
A simple wish for everyone. ❤️
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!❤️🎄
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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!❤️🎄
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!🎉
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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!🎉
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
#FamilyTime
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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
#FamilyTime
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! ❤️
Bundle up…and just #breathe.
Happy #weekend! ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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
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
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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
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