A diary-style post Whew! It’s been a week! June itself has whizzed by, creating a “what happened to that month” feeling. I decided to record what happened in a diary-style post today. Earlier this month On June 8th I flew to New York to see my Dad. Many of you read about that visit. I…
Usually, I do some year-end reviews on my blog. Earlier this month, I posted a top ten book review – the link is at the end of the post. I also posted on a December 20th Medium blog that 2022 was a year for transitions for me. Some of what I wrote there will be…
Moving away from friends causes some reconsideration for an introvert. Almost five months ago, on June 24th, we moved. It was an exciting time. We sold our primary residence, without showing it through a relator, and got the price we asked! Between April and June, we cleaned out, packed, finished odd jobs, gave things away,…
I published the blog on Medium.com today. Please check it out there: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/what-i-found-out-about-lowering-ones-chances-of-having-alzheimers-72cf38de4f76 What I Found Out About Lowering One’s Chances Of Having Alzheimer’s | by Carol Labuzzetta | Sept, 2022 | Medium (opens in a new tab) Thanks!
I am a Jill of all trades some might say. My hobbies are many and have been for a long time. Ever since I decided to be a stay-at-home mom when we moved to the midwest in 1999, leaving my advanced practice nursing career behind, I filled my spare time with hobbies. My small handmade…
On two consecutive nights this week, I sat on our dock at dusk and watched the loons gather. It was an interesting time, one full of serenity and calmness, as well as appreciation for this bird I’ve come to enjoy. Both nights, seemingly, held a routine. Three loons were gathered in the middle of our…
“When in Rome do as the Romans do.” Isn’t that the saying? The Northwoods of Wisconsin is probably as far from Rome as you can get, but as we find ourselves in a new place, I think it also calls for a resetting of routines. My husband thought that I could kayak with him as…
We’ve only been here since Friday. ‘Here’ is at our cabin in north-central Wisconsin. We built the cabin in 2005 after purchasing the land in 2001. We own 2 acres of lakefront property on which we built a timber frame cabin. My husband designed the cabin by researching timber-frame homes, building a scale model of…
A Poem For New Adventures Fastly, the week went by. We packed. We scrubbed. We saw friends. We laughed. I almost cried but held it back. We closed on the sale of our house this morning. The last 24 hours were harder than I thought they’d be. So many memories in this house. Children grown….
Last night, I had a fit of emotion as my husband started taking framed artwork, photographs, and canvas prints off the walls. Somehow that very action struck me with finality…we are moving. I’ve always taken pride in our homes. From the 1912 Federal period home, we owned in Amherst, New York as our first house…