Seamus Heaney, a celebrated and grand Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, sadly died yesterday in a hospital in Dublin at the age of 74. Irish Poet And Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney To say that Heaney had a way with words is an understatement. His powerful verse transported readers around the world to… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Tossing My Plastics
Staying healthy is job one for me. Every healthy tip that I can incorporate into my life is just one more thing that may keep me out of the doctor’s office as far as I am concerned. I try to eat foods that are as fresh as possible, exercise whenever I can and verbalize my stress… Read more »
Sea of Turquoise
Today is about tranquility, the quality of being calm. Enter a sea of turquoise. . . And take a deep breath And exhale. . . You could do it all here: cry, laugh and heal! Photo Courtesy of House of Turquoise
50th Anniversary of March on Washington
“Our goal was not to gain power. It was to heal a torn-up community.” ~ Diane Judith Nash, a civil rights leader Marching for your human rights and dignity is healing. It is an act of restoring faith in yourself and your community. Marching is also rewarding for the human spirit and good for the human soul. Standing up… Read more »
My Baby Doesn’t Want This Letter
You can file the following under silly, sad, ridiculous or just plain ole unnecessary and inefficient. I came home from work yesterday and, as I usually do, picked up the mail from the door slot and started going through it. Monday’s mail is usually thin and this time it was no exception. A few real estate solicitation cards,… Read more »
A New Place To Live
Good Morning Fantastic Readers!This past weekend was interesting and productive and I hope yours was too! The weekends just fly by wayyyyy too quickly don’t they? Part of my weekend was spent visiting a family member. In the course of my visit, I could tell we were going to fall into our usual conversational trap of going over the same… Read more »
Sweet Days of Summer
Summer songs are special because they evoke all that is supremely wonderful about the sizzling season of summertime. When I hear songs that became popular during many of the summers of my today and also of my young adult past, I am instantly transported back to driving in my car with the windows down and… Read more »
News That Inspires
I don’t know about you, but when I read newspapers, magazine or books, I am always looking for stories about people who have overcome a tragedy or some other kind of obstacle in their lives. I am always amazed when I read about how someone who has experienced the death of a loved one or another kind of personal… Read more »
Two True Friends
Knowing that I have at least one person in my corner, always supporting me as a true friend, makes life feel less scary and full of many more possibilities.I can almost bear anything if I know my friends are holding my hands and understanding what I am trying to do and say.Friends for life, friends until the very end, this is the… 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.
