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Posted in Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/23/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

  1. Robert and I had a lovely hour perusing a new exhibit, “A Measure of Time,” at our local Savannah Jepson Center for the Arts.

Gloriously colorful, geometric shapes everywhere!

HR trying (unsuccessfully) to blend in.

2. The ongoing belief that our bodies know how to be well and are always trying to move toward wellness.

3. Colorful carrots!

I made a delicious new dish, Maple Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Fennel Seeds, with some of them.

4. Our “Travel Buddies.” Have I told you about them? Three silly little stuffed animals HR and I have given each other over the years. But they travel with us EVERYWHERE we go.

I’ll do a blog post about some of their adventures soon.

5. Friday!

Joyful weekend ahead for you!

Posted in Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?

Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 8/19/24 “BP!”

Posted on by Neal Saye

I’m MARVELING this morning. Let me explain.

So HR has NEVER had a WARM (important adjective) HOMEMADE (second important adjective) BANANA PUDDING!

I felt so sorry for Robert’s culinarily sad deprivation that I got straight to work.

Of course he had to put his two cents in, asking for (demanding) Chessmen Butter cookies in addition to classic vanilla wafers …

… which made me a little mad, but good husband that I am, I plowed ahead.

Before the oven …

(Thanks, I thought it was pretty too.)

And now for the meringue …

For some inexplicable reason, HR decided to video me spreading the meringue …

Wasn’t that riveting?

Now wait with me for 15 minutes till the peaks brown.

Ta Da!

MARVELous!

Posted in Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/26/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. My cousin Steven’s Adorable (and Attentive) Pugs.

2. Fascinating documentary about same sex connections in the animal and plant worlds.

3. The amazing ability to Hear Sounds! What a tremendous blessing I often take for granted.

4. Beautiful and proud summer gladioli.

5. Learning how to talk about mental health and anxiety.

May you have an all-around healthy weekend ahead.

Posted in Humor, My Life

You Know

Posted on by Neal Saye

You know you’re getting old when you get invited to this …

(Ex-wife Donna and I graduated from incredibly beautiful Berry College in Rome, Georgia way back in 1974.)

At the same time, you’re out in your also-incredibly beautiful Savannah Square reading this …

Ho hum. Life goes on.

With beauty all around.

Posted in Humor, My Life

Should’t I?

Posted on by Neal Saye

Seriously, shouldn’t I be a guru by now?!

Today I hit my 1000th mindful day of meditation!

Feeling a little proud of myself, I scrunched down and got all mindful … about a congratulatory and summery peach milkshake.

Tomorrow … 1000 and 1.

Posted in Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/19/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. A terrific cast iron skillet breakfast at one of our favorite local eateries here in Savannah, J Christopher’s …

Spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, bacon, sunny side up eggs, with blue blue cheese on the side.

2. My new cow.

Artwork on Columbus,Georgia’s Riverwalk

3. Air conditioning! (And it makes me sad and a bit privileged to realize that everyone does not have this luxury. Maybe a lot privileged.)

4. Beautiful views from our hotel room last weekend.

City Mills Hotel, Columbus, Georgia 

5. Basil lemonade!

May you have a beautiful summery weekend!