15. May 2012 by janet.

USA Today Travel voted Marblehead as on of the top 20 Happiest Seaside Towns.  I received this email from a good friend after an great evening.  It was mother’s day and I was driving with a friend, Julee, who helps to rescue dogs.  She recently placed a dog with a college friend of mine and on mother’s day we drove by their home.  The family was sitting outside with the dog and we joined them for a great evening of laughter and fun.  I love evenings when fun happens and at the time, I didn’t even know I lived in one of the Happiest Seaside Towns.

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26. March 2012 by janet.

I’ve been pretending it’s summer again the 80 degree weather we just had around Boston.  Actually, I was on business on Cape Cod and enjoying one morning at one of my favorite inns, The Lands End Inn.  This place if filled with stained glass and warmth.  Located high above the end of Cape Cod in Provincetown it’s one of my top three places to stay in the US.  Their website alone is relaxing too.  www.landsendinn.com Then a friend sent me a message of the world’s largest deck chair on a beach in England.  Check it out on You Tube.  Sitting in it would be make the best cover for my new book, which I’m finally starting to edit, the working title is: Heaven Has a Zip Code.

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2. March 2012 by janet.

I teach a few writing classes each semester at Boston Center for Adult Education.  I suggest the people write down their goals and for many years I’ve written down mine.  One is to meet Oprah and on April 2 in NYC, I’ll have a chance.  I was able to get tickets to the filming of Oprah’s Life Class.  I still can’t belief this is true, but I have all the information, so it’s must be.  So, write down your dreams, you never know when they will come true.  Originally I wanted Oprah to interview me in Maui, but I’ll take it in Manhattan.  Sometimes your dreams might not look exactly like you think they will, but it might be even better.

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15. February 2012 by janet.

Many years ago, I received a gift in the mail from my father for Valentine’s Day.  He had sent me cards, but never a gift. I opened it up to find a small Snoopy holding a heart shaped box of chocolates.  I still have it sitting up on a shelf in my bedroom.  It’s one of my favorite things.  About six years ago my father went to that big beach in Heaven and always told everyone that he wanted to come back as a seagull.  Today, I received a Valentine from my brother, who has sent me birthday cards, sometimes, in the past.  The Valentine was a card with seagulls on the front of it and inside a note which read, how he remembered that Dad used to send me Valentines and how Dad told him to send one to me today…….Happy Valentine’s Day, this was a very special one.

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16. January 2012 by janet.

I think something is wrong when I get into my car and the temperature reads 9 degrees.  I find it easier to deal with triple digits, when it’s 100 outside, but 9 degrees.  I know we’ve been very lucky this winter, but I just would rather deal with the heat.  The other thing that’s been bothing me lately is while waiting in line and in the last year FOUR times, some GUY decides that they can’t wait any longer and runs in front of me to the next open register.  In most cases, I’m so stunned I don’t say anything, but recently, I said to a certain RUDE guy, hey don’t do that, I’m an author and I’ll put you in my next book as the RUDE guy.

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29. December 2011 by janet.

Just returned from doing three book signings and spending Christmas at the beach. Christmas Eve was spent with new friends attending an outside service beside the ocean, under that stars, with 800 people holding candles and singing hymns in Hawaiian.

On Christmas morning I woke up to find people spread out on a blanket with stuffed stockings and wrapped presents.  I said to them, “Do you know how cool this looks?”  I took a picture for them.  Further along the beach, found a three foot high Christmas tree wearing a Santa hat and heard people singing Christmas songs while on their paddle boards.  Later, found Santa, sitting on a beach chair reading his list.  I told him he did a great job.  He told me that the reindeer drive him crazy.  As I walked to a friend’s beachfront home, I realized that I had spent the entire day barefoot.  I gave my friends a fake snowman, which might have been the only one on Maui.

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8. December 2011 by janet.

My friends at SUP East Coast Style donated their paddle boards last Saturday during the annual Marblehead Christmas Walk.  We all dressed up as elves and on one of the first cold mornings this fall, paddle boarded into Marblehead Harbor.  I had my favorite green board, but forgot my rubber wet suit booties so instead did it in a pair of platform boots.  This was a whole new experience, but what a blast.  Seeing the crowd from the water, the sun reflecting off of the empty harbor and just having a great time, once again doing water sports.  Check out the short video:

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17. November 2011 by janet.

A very good author friend, Jacqueline Whitmore’s newest book just came out, Poised for Success, Mastering the four qualities that distinguish outstanding professionals.  I met Jackie at the Maui Writers Conference because she was wearing Lilly Pulitzer pants, which I ran over to her and introduced myself.  Her first book, Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work.  Her first book, is GREAT.  I learned so much and can’t wait to read her new book.  I’m saving it for a flight I’ll take next week.  Here’s the link to get her book.  Be sure to order it for a great gift or for a wonderful treat for yourself. 

http://www.amazon.com/Poised-Success-Distinguish-Outstanding-Professionals/dp/0312600321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315789498&sr=8-1

Here is my interview with Forbes.com about my book: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2011/11/13/poised-for-success-going-beyond-basic-etiquette/

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19. October 2011 by janet.

Today I was telling a friend, that I do like Autumn.  I like Candy Apples, Apple Cider, the smell of fireplaces when walking outside, the foliage.  The sound of leaves below your feet when you walk.  It took me a few weeks, but after having a great summer, I forgot that I do like fall and as I sit here with my little electric fireplace going, I remembered something else, I love down comforters.  Let me think about it for awhile and maybe I’ll come up with a few other things I like too.

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4. October 2011 by janet.

Last weekend was my college reunion.  I won’t tell you which one.  The day I had my first tour of Colby-Sawyer College I fell in love with this perfect brick college high on the hills of New London, New Hampshire.  I learned to hike, ski and make the best friends of my life.  Last weekend I gathered with five great friends, we all talked at the same time, but perfectly understood each other.  We laughed, danced and remembered those times high on the hills of New London.  It was a space in time, which clearly put me on my path.  I love that Colby-Sawyer and all of the people whom I’ve been honored to know along the way.  Thank you God for leading me there.

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