Here’s to Laughter
I’ve read that the average four-year-old laughs about 300 times a day. By the time we hit 40, our daily laugh quotient goes down to four.…
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Two Pairs of Pink Crocs | A Love Note to Boston
I have two pairs of pink crocs in my closet. One pair is mine. One belongs to one of my closest friends. I have my friend’s pair because I brought them home with me last year…
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Where the Angels Live ~ Lullaby for a Friend
Every song has a story. But sometimes you don’t know the full story until the song itself shows you. Even if you wrote the song yourself. Long plagued by stage fright when it…
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Welcome Home, Cowboy Bob
When I was four years old, I asked everyone to call me “Cowboy Bob.” I can hear myself pausing indignantly and growling, “Don’t call me Lucy. Call me…
One of Those Days ~ An Inadvertent Post
Today I have been revising and revamping my Studio-Lu blog space to make it more visually compatible with my main Studio-Lu website. In the process— rather…
Why Miss the Moment?
It’s never too late to start; it’s never too early to begin. One of my closest friends is living with terminal cancer. I selected the verb…
The Call of the Trail: An Ode to Walking
When my mind is in tangles, I walk. Sometimes it seems that there can’t possibly be enough miles in front of me to sort through the…
In Charlie’s Space and Time
“Healthy people base their lives on healing, authentic stories. Empowerment comes through the process of telling those stories.” — Theologian Matthew Fox * The keepers and tellers…
In Search of My Grandfather’s Laugh
I am a pack-rat of the highest order. I save everything. Well, not everything. I save memories. Photographs, letters, old cassette tapes with recordings of friends…
Threads ~ We are all connected, We all have a story
Have you ever noticed how your mood is lifted when you spontaneously catch the eye of a stranger and share a smile in passing? So often,…
