21. November 2008 by janet.
I’m back in one of my favorite spots, Kihei, Maui. At 5 a.m. I woke up and couldn’t wait to get outside, walk the beach, do yoga on the beach, body surf, eat fresh fish, wear flip flops and just relax. I hope that everyone can feel the warmth from here, it’s beautiful and although rain might happen, it’s okay, I have to start Beach Chair Diaries 2 and have a lot of great new stories.
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17. November 2008 by janet.
Field of Dreams is one of my favorite movies. Although I’ve seen it over a dozen times, I still sit there, hardly breathing, in order to hear every line. I finally realized that the movie is also about a writer, who has an opportunity to create a huge story about the baseball field. It’s also about believing in your dreams no matter what everyone says to you. So, now, a few days just before I leave for the beach, I hope to write a huge story and to go the distance. On the t-shirt that I painted in 2006, I also painted, Go The Distance, along with me holding two books with a large group of people around me, which was my book launch party. There’s also a picture of a yellow house on dock with two dogs and another picture of a Hawaiian home too.
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15. November 2008 by janet.
I am a little insane, but I don’t know if anyone gets excited about washing summer clothes in the middle of a gray, November day? I’m telling you, when all those brightly colored clothes go into my washer, I just want to jump up and down realizing that in less than five days I’ll be back on the beach in Maui. In my book, Beach Chair Diaries, the second to last essay is about walking the beach and how after many years, I haven’t had a chance to walk the beach the way I did at 23 years old, without a schedule or worry to do things. So for the first time in 24 years, I’m taking 29 days off to walk the beach in Hawaii. I have to admit, I’m a little afraid of being away for so long, I wonder if I’ll want to get home, want to do my sales job, want to be with my East Coast friends, but I do have great friends in Maui and Oahu too. When I was 23 and lived on Nantucket, I afraid to admit that I did get tired of going to the beach five days a week, but I wasn’t writing then or doing yoga. So the journey lays out in front of me, like clean laundry.
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14. November 2008 by janet.
I was up in New London, NH at one of my favorite places in the world, seeing good friends, Peg Andrews, Tracy Austin and Beth Camp, doing a some business, but mostly fun. Although when it starting spitting snow, I almost yelled, “What is that?” Tracy and Peg suggested that I go to the college bookstore to sell my book, which I did and I want to thank those gals for that suggestion. Also, on my drive home, I saw a car with Hawaii license plates. Aloha can be found, even on a snowy day.
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12. November 2008 by janet.
This week I had a very special private tour of the WBZ Studios. Anthony Silva was my guide and does the business reports on WBZ Radio. It was so exciting to be in the recording studio as he was handed his script and spoke, without stumbling, about the most recent news. The studio and people were fantastic. I’ll forever appreciate WBZ Traffic reports and Anthony’s time and passion for his job.
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3. November 2008 by janet.
This weekend was the 275 anniversary of my church, Trinity Church, Boston, in Copley Square. I’ve been a pledging member since 1981. Trinity Church is considered on of the most beautiful buildings in the US, it has one of the most beautiful collections of stained glass windows too. I’m very proud of have Trinity as one of the corner foundations of my life. Another way in which I’m blessed in this wonderful world.
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31. October 2008 by janet.
Today is my webmistress of magical powers birthday. Happy Birthday Tyna Hull. Without her amazing help, you would not be reading this. She has helped me to spread the words in my book thousands of miles. I can only hope that all of you have a good friend with magical powers like Tyna and I’m blessed just to know her.
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31. October 2008 by janet.
It took me years to finally see the Seinfeld episode of The Soup Nazi, mainly because he was such a unique character. I’ve searched for years for places that serve good hearty soups, particularly during cold winter nights. Last year, I found The New England Soup Factory in Salem Center. As I looked at the menu, I couldn’t believe that the guy behind the counter, looked almost like The Soup Nazi. I ordered soup to go, gave the gentleman my money and quietly asked him, if anyone had ever told him that he looked similar to a character on Seinfeld. He answered me with a smile and said, “No soup for you.” I smile every time I go to get soup.
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28. October 2008 by janet.
Last week I went with a group of friends for a three hour tour of The Boston Globe. Donna Rice, who works in Advertising showed us an incredible tour. We met Caleb Solomon, Manager Editor, Steve Ainsley, Publisher and most of the men running the presses. I was very impressed with the passion in which everyone had for their job and The Globe. This was the most interesting tour I’ve ever been on and I’ll never look at a newspaper again without appreciating the positive people at The Boston Globe.
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19. October 2008 by janet.
Sometimes when a party gets going and people are dancing wildly, which usually happens at the Dolphin Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, specific people will get in the middle of the crowd to do a unique dance, flip or something else. I do diving summersalts. I have no idea where this begin or how. Yoga has helped in enabling me to jump, do the summersalt and get back up into a standing position in one jump. I find this particulary fun during formal parties, especially if I have to wear a dress. It’s just another adventure. My summersalt partner was our former commadore, Patti Cohen. Pattie has retired as commadore and doing diving summersalts. But none of the male commadores have followed her in trying. All I can say, is thank God for carpets!
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