Everybody needs a good laugh and I know I could always get one every Saturday morning when I turned my radio on to NPR’s award-winning program, “Car Talk.” You might think it’s unusual for a woman to be listening to a program where two guys talk for about an hour about cars and their problems. But… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Moving & Grooving
This past weekend I spent a lot of time in the car driving to visit my brothers and my parents on the Eastern Shore. The weather vacillated between pouring rain, strong wind gusts and then short periods of sunshine which were beautiful but not warm. The beautiful and sometimes scary Bay Bridge, which crosses over… Read more »
Mornings of Good Karma
Wednesday night I was so tired I forgot to set my alarm clock. Needless to say, I overslept by a half hour. I must say I felt more rested Thursday morning than I usually do but that extra thirty minutes of sleep put me behind in the things that I usually do in the morning… Read more »
Danny Meyer: One of the Good Guys
Danny Meyer Photo Courtesy BravoTV I have never met Danny Meyer but I have eaten at two of his infamous restaurants in Manhattan: Shack Shack, which now has a location in Washington, D.C., and serves great juicy burgers and tasty crinkle french fries and Blue Smoke which offers fantastic Southern food, especially barbecue. Danny… Read more »
A Poem Of Comfort
Today I send heartfelt prayers to a wonderful woman and mother of three children who has been a close friend of my family’s for decades and is tragically in the process of saying good-bye to her beloved husband currently being taken care of in an ICU unit of a local hospital. I know that words… Read more »
Five Lessons From the Marvelous Mindy Kaling
Dear Resilient Readers, I write a lot about the need to rebuild or recreate our lives after experiencing a loss or traumatic life event because it can be frightening and something people would rather not discuss. In hopes of helping others, I have written about what worked for me but I also try to pass along helpful anecdotes from… Read more »
Creative Healing
I find the word healing to be a comforting word. You know how there are some words that when you say them or read them they just make you feel better, more peaceful? Well, that’s the way that I feel about the word healing. When I think about healing, I feel as though I have… Read more »
Be Bold Today
Monday. I know Mondays can be painful. Today was one of those Monday mornings when I turned and looked at the alarm clock and just cursed it something nasty because I wasn’t ready to get up and go. Today I have an early appointment and needed to get out of bed to start my morning… Read more »
A Fabulous Friday Mindset
By the time Friday arrives on my doorstep, I am usually ready to attack a pint of ice cream, preferably Ben & Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough. I sometimes allow myself this indulgence because after all it’s Friday and I’m using the ice cream as a way of patting myself on the back for having… Read more »
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A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
