Newsletter

Happy July! In late June we experienced the longest day of the year with the summer solstice. I’m thriving, enjoying these glorious long, light, bright days of summer’s abundant beauty.

Norma, my 97-year-old friend, called to tell me she’d just seen Ryan Holiday on television talking about ...

I love you! Happy June. The entire month of May exploded into extraordinary beauty all over the landscapes in Southeast Connecticut and our neighbor, Rhode Island. All the April showers did, indeed, bring glorious May flowers.

Last month, I showed you a photograph of the parrot tulips from Holland that ...

I love you! I thank you for your heartfelt, poignantly expressed appreciation for my gift of the video. I’m delighted so many of you took the time to reach out to me to let me know how grateful you are. Elissa and I loved working on it, and being ...

I love you. Happy April. Happy springtime. This is the month of regrowth, renewal, revitalization and hope.

Going outside, feeling intoxicated by the scent of the fresh air, I’m infused with a welcoming vitality. I’m feeling utterly frisky! I’m energetic and feel an extra spring in my ...

I love you! Thank you for your loving Valentine’s messages. I’m especially touched by your writing me, “I love you too, Alexandra.”

The entire month of love has been more meaningful because of my focus on the vital importance of loving, good friends. Your letters, notes, cards and ...

I love you! Happy February. This is the month of love. When I begin these letters to you each month by telling you I love you, my heart swells with gratitude. I feel our love is mutual. We know each other (in more or lesser degrees); we like each other ...

Happy New Year!

Elissa and I are taking a vacation to spend time with family and friends during the holiday season. I’m writing this month’s newsletter early, in the midst of the pre-Christmas happenings. In order for us to be fully present to let the spirit of Christmas ...

I love you.

Happy 31 wondrous, festive, poignant, challenging, inspiring days of December! I can’t imagine what deep emotions lie ahead. My heart is so full of love and gratitude after experiencing such a beautiful, unforgettable, meaningful November. The more dark, brutal, bad news I absorb, the greater my ...

I love you! Happy November!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Your immediate, enthusiastic, supportive response to my new video project is thrilling. You’ve expressed such an astonishingly positive reaction, I’m more determined now to make this a reality than I was when I began.

Please know that ...

I love you! September is always a beautiful month in New England. This year, everything seemed especially lush and green because we had a great deal of rain. I wrote you at the beginning of September with my intentions for the month ahead. I anticipated enjoying all the simple, sensual ...

I love you! Happy September! I am fully savoring living in mindful awareness of the present moment. Deep breath. The entire expanse of August’s splendor is still alive, right now, as I put pen to paper. The greater our appreciation of the delicious ripeness of nature’s end-of-summer bounty ...

I love you!

Happy August. July was filled with so much love and joy. I’m bursting with the beauty of remembering how much enjoyment and excitement I experienced in my thoughts and actions.

In my last letter, I wrote that life is art. I’m passionate about continuing to ...