National M&M's Day (October 13th)

Happy Friday the 13th and National M&M Day. Who doesn't love these fun and colorful candies and their cartoon characters? I actually was hoping by today to have unearthed my collection of dispensers from storage so I could share pictures with you.....there is a LOT of M&M merchandise out there, and as the owner of a candy shop I'd collected a large amount of memorabilia over the years. Look for that post coming up soon, but for today we'll just celebrate these cheerful little candies.

The Bar at the Inlet | Ocean City, Maryland

Stopped into one of our favorite places on the boardwalk today, The Bar at the Inlet, located in the Trimper's Inlet Lodge building. Right off the world-famous Ocean City boardwalk, just steps from the hustle and bustle of visitors, cyclists, dog-walkers, trams, and countless visitors, sits an opportunity to step back in time.

The Love We Find, and the People We Lose

93 days later.

How two people can connect and bond and laugh together so well....almost like they've known each other for a lifetime....and then fall apart....is beyond me.

National Good Neighbor Day "Unity through Community"

"A good neighbor is a beautiful blessing in our lives."

Sometimes it seems that our world is too hectic...sometimes we get so caught up trying to do too much, hyper-focused on the busyness of life, often to the point of forgetting the little daily connections which once made our lives richer. Maybe we just miss out on the part about caring for others, having conversations and day to day exchanges and hellos, because we're busy, but at the same time, we speak wistfully of the previous decades as if such interaction was one of the best parts of our lives. 

 

Last Day of Summer

September 22nd: I'm having mixed feelings this morning on the last day of summer.....what a whirlwind the last few months have been. The first half of the year was a time of growth and discovery; a season of exciting new possibilities and stepping out of my often-introverted self, followed abruptly by several eye-opening, challenging and painful events.