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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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Photo by Elissa

Roger Mühl’s tulips are still alive!

May 2025

5/1/2025

I love you!

Let all the joys be as the month of May: that is the Grace Note for May Day!

Thank you and you and you for all your innumerous gifts of love and grace that you bring to my heart and soul. You include me in your thoughts in so many sweet, little ways so we feel connected. The more we become sensually connected in the beauty of nature and in the beauty of our human nature, the closer we are to the divine.

I love that we are continuing to nurture and support our friendship, as we feel better, healthier and happier because of each other.

A Host of Daffodils

I absolutely love daffodils! A friend and her husband went to a daffodil festival in Bristol, Rhode Island, two years ago and, knowing about my love of daffodils, invited me to go with them this year. They ...

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Photo by Elissa

Roger Mühl’s tulips are still alive!

May 2025

5/1/2025

I love you!

Let all the joys be as the month of May: that is the Grace Note for May Day!

Thank you and you and you for all your innumerous gifts of love and grace that you bring to my heart and soul. You include me in your thoughts ...

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Photo by Elissa

Looking forward to the tulips when they’re in bloom!

April 2025

4/1/2025

I love you! No fooling! I embrace April Fool’s Day because it ushers in more light, but I don’t try to fool anyone. I just love knowing it’s April First!

Before going into some of March’s happenings, and my thoughts, I want you to know how ...

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Photo by Elissa

Sometimes I have to just hug my flowers.

March 2025

3/1/2025

I love you! I’m deeply motivated to keep the month of love in my heart as we march forward to embrace the challenges we’ll experience in the month of March.

This has been a rough winter. Everyone is living with uncertainty because of the rapid-fire chaos and relentless ...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

February 2025

2/1/2025

I love you! February is the month of love. There are endless, eternal ways to love. It is our relationships with each other, our human connections, that bring us our lasting happiness.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama understands that we must have the capacity to love ourselves in order to ...

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Photo by Elissa

Bright colors warm me up!

January 2025

1/1/2025

I love you! Happy New Year!

We’re given a fresh start, a new chapter. We are free to decide how to prevent illness as we achieve and maintain our well-being, learning from all the life chapters leading up to the present. We are free to choose to pursue activities ...

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A relaxed visit with Elissa.

December 2024

12/1/2024

I love you!

Happy December! This is the month of giving and receiving, of communicating with loved ones near and far. In the last month of the year 2024, I’m focusing on all the ways we can send loving-kindness in the mail. Whether we write notes, greeting cards, postcards ...

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Photo by Elissa

Out for a stroll after a brief rain shower.

November 2024

11/1/2024

I love you!

In this November letter to you, my friends, I write to you with a humble heart. As I meditate about this most crucial presidential election, I’m supported by the words and deeds of my mentors. Rather than offering my limited knowledge of what the outcome of ...

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Photo by Elissa

I love seeing the American flag waft in the wind from my living room and study.

October 2024

10/1/2024

I love you!

Happy October: we’re entering a new season! The month of September exceeded my wildest hopes and dreams. I savored embracing the light during gloriously sunny days.

Toward the end of the full, richly lived month, I experienced the most spectacular sunset overlooking the harbor in Watch ...

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About to deliver this bouquet of cheerful zinnias to a friend.

September 2024

9/1/2024

I love you! Happy September.

It is hard to imagine a time in my long life when I’ve felt as full of joy. A friend believes all of us have the power to light up the world. My spirits are as high as a kite. When I joined good ...

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Basking in the beauty of my garden roses!

August 2024

8/1/2024

I love you! Happy August.

I’m humbled to recall that 50 years ago this month, I received an advance copy of my first book, published by Doubleday. Half a century ago, when I was 32, Style for Living: How to Make Where You Live You began my journey of ...

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Photo by Elissa

Enjoying a burst of color in the backyard.

July 2024

7/1/2024

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 ...

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Photo by Elissa

The lush green of my garden is a peaceful haven.

June 2024

6/1/2024

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 ...

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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.