A Rare Man…
"Every Friday morning, Bill’s best friend, Todd Newberry, University of California at Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Biology, came over for coffee....."
Continue: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2391-2/
#Princeton #PabloCasals #MarineBiology #ProfessorEmeritus #Birdwatching #BestFriends
A noiseless patient spider
"...today, sickabed with a hacking cold, trying to wrap up The Novel, Mr. Whitman hands me good cheer. Thank you, sir."
Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2384-2/
#CharlotteTheSpider #WaltWhitman #WaltWhitmanQuote #SpiderWeb #HouseSpider
Christmas Beauty in February!
"Just thought you’d appreciate seeing what can come of friendship, light, patience…and good faith…"
Read More: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/2375-2/
#TraderJoes #ChristmasGift #Amaryllis #AmaryllisFlower #AmaryllisBulb
Fast Easy Yummy Eggs Florentine Weeknight Supper
"Better than sending out for pizza."
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#EggsFlorentine #WeeknightSupper #WeeknightDinner #WeekNightDinnerIdeas #Recpe #RecipeShare #BetterThanPizza #WhatsCooking #CookingSky #HomeCooking #FoodBlogging
Love the Old-Fashioned Ritual of Washing My Face!!!
Read on:
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#WashYourFace #OldFashioned #Ritual #Sudsy
In Praise of–and Gratitude for–Green Tea, 2026
"Here’s something I’m moved to share with you in launching our brave new year."
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#NewYear2026 #GreenTea #GreenTeaBenefits #GreenTeaLover #JasmineGreenTea #KidneyStones #KidneyStonesTreatment #Oxalates
"To close out this—for us—momentous year, a light deft touch by the inimitable #BillyCollins (formerly #PoetLaureate of the 3UnitedStates).
"…a mind-bending-yea-saying note for a #New ear…"
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/poem-for-the...
#NewYear2026 #OldYear2025 #MindBending #TheAfterlife
Aspects of Learning ~ 1
"Tuesday, Dec 24…Sitting with Bill in Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz.....
"Bill was scheduled to have a pacemaker installed… "
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#Pacemaker #HospiceCare #HospitalVolunteer #HospiceVolunteer #DeathandDying #DealingWithGrief
Don’t Return That Vessel Empty!
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#Gingercake #StrawberryJam #GivingBack #GivingBackTogether #GivingBackMatters #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #NeighborsandFriends #Community #LemonMarmalade #HappyHanukkah #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays2025 #GivingTime
" ... the above-mentioned leveler appeared by way of #CarolineKennedy’s daughter, #TatianaSchlossberg. ....
"I turned the page in #TheNewYorker and there was #AFurtherShore.
"How does a child of legends get on with her life?"
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#Leveler #Inspiration
#love #kindness #compassion #GivingBack #HelpingOthers #light #healing #humanity
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From Dr. Jane Goodall, originally posted by The Jane Goodall Institute.
#JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #JaneGoodallQuotes #JaneGoodallLegacy
"I apologize that I couldn’t get myself together today to do some recipe testing, but I did pull together a number of ideas from my cookbook collection. They are fun and interesting."
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#BrusselsSprouts #ThanksgivingDinner #Thanksgiving2025 #Recipes
"It was tricky finding a place in his room to sit. There was a constant stream of visitors….
"The nurses said they’d never seen so many friends in a patient’s room."
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/my-son-david/
#Hospice #HospiceCare #Family #LifeAndDeath #MotherAndSonBond #MotherAndSon #GrievingMom
"It wasn’t long ago I commented in these pages that each American now had to DO SOMETHING to try to rescue us from the oncoming disintegration of our democracy.
"Yesterday in all its American beauty we began the process."
“Turn the volume up!!!”
Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/turn-the-vol...
#TurnTheVolumeUp #NoKings #NoKingsProtest #NoKingsSantaCruz #Democrats #DemocracyInAction #DemocracyMatters #HardWork #Focus #Primaries #Yeson50 #Prop50 #California
Just Checking In...
"Life is a crazy mix, perhaps you’ve noticed."
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#CheckingIn #Bronchitis #Brandy #LifeandDeath #EldestSon #FirstBornSon
"The March"
"Nothing I can add to what you’ve likely read and heard about the tens of thousands of us across the country. Just that I’m so glad I did it…."
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-march/
#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #NoKingsSantaCruz #NoKingsInAmerica #NoKingsDay #Indivisible
My I Love America Morning!
"This Saturday (October 19th) I’m going to join the No-Kings Protest here in Santa Cruz."
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#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #SantaCruzCalifornia
The Trip That Settled Traveling Again?
" ... travel ain’t what it used to be.
"I loved it until this last trip."
Read on:
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#Travel #Travelling #TravellingChallenge #OnlineCheckIn #LovetoTravel
"I can’t imagine there is even a handful of women of a certain age on this planet who, this morning, don’t feel diminished by the loss of their sister, Jane Goodall."
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#DrJaneGoodall #JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #Gombe
A Happy Accident
Excerpt: "Bill broke the cup by accident … Fate tore it at a good time. .... In perfect harmony with the rest of my life…."
Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-happy/
#Malibu #Limoges #LimogesPorcelain #TeaCup #Stoneware #HappyAccident #Chaotic #Kitchen #LettingGo #Fate
Crazy to Sing!
"Each year there was a Spring Sing–the annual meeting of all the clubs focused on the competition of clubs singing."
Read on: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/crazy-to-sing/
#SpringSing #Choir #ChoirCompetition #PerfectPitch #Soprano #GleeClub #ChurchChoir #YMCA
A Cinematographer to Keep an Eye on
We are over the moon exultant at the news of #cinematographer Christopher Ripley’s achievement in the #VeniceFilmFestival.
Chris is boon companion of our granddaughter, James Francis Whelan IV.
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