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I love to connect with my readers, and in my monthly newsletter, I share my thoughts, updates about events, a discussion of what I've been reading, stories from life in Connecticut, and much more. Feel free to browse my past newsletters and stop by at the beginning of each month to read my latest note to you.

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Flowers, always flowers!

July 2025

7/1/2025

Happy July!

Summer is upon us in full swing. June was, indeed, busting out all over. Nature continues to enchant us with her radiant beauty. Every day the garden transitions and transcends.

A few days ago, a hot pink rose bush was riddled with a thousand tight buds. A late bloomer. We experienced an extreme heat wave that awakened their full glory. In the garden, in the dappled light under the shade of a Japanese dogwood tree, the swaying branches seem to be in tune with the gentle wind, the singing of the birds, as they reach toward the expansive sky. They bring me comfort, solace, calm and contentment, and I feel fully awake, aware and connected to the mysteries of the universe.

These moments of clarity, of meditation, allowing my inner life to expand wherever it lights at this precise moment, are sacred. I honor this inner peace when ...

December 2002

12/1/2002

I hope your heart is full of Thanksgiving cheer and you feel that you have abundant blessings in your life.

Peter and I count you as healers and friends. The outpouring of loving energy continues to uplift us, inspire us and is working magically. Thanks to a wonderful and talented ...

November 2002

11/1/2002

Can you imagine how much the following letter warmed my heart, especially under these difficult circumstances? As our lives have been suddenly confined to a few rooms in our New York apartment because of Peter’s injury, we’re acutely aware how precious life is, how important it is to ...

October 2002

10/1/2002

Peter and I enjoyed some peaceful happy days at the cottage in September, savoring sparkling sunny days with low humidity. The sunsets were awesome in their spectacular colors. As sky meets water when the sun touches down, we experience a miraculous sight, a promise of nature's continuity. Fall is ...

September 2002

9/1/2002

I think of this month as a time of new beginnings, being given a clean, clear fresh start. As children go back to school, we go back to work, inspired by time shared with family and friends, grateful for time in the garden, at the beach, on the water and ...

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