"Forgive yourself for the doubts you've believed...
Give yourself the space to explore a life free from the anchor of self-doubt." ~ Dear Friend: Daily 💚 Notes for Contemplation, Connection, and Clarity by Michelle Maros p. 17
Han Sandwich: please click Here to check out some seriously fun HORSE images and a great acrostic poem: 
James Taylor "Up On the Roof " listen here
Kristen's 49th Birthday and Katie's 46th
Mom
Jan 12, 2026
Jan 12, 2026"No longer on the run from your aloneness, your connections with others become real and creative. You no longer need to covertly scrape affirmation from others or from projects outside yourself. This is slow work; it takes years to bring your mind home." ~ John O'Donohue Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
Orchid blooming after years of dormancy 
Peter Frampton "Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)" heard this twice yesterday 1.13.26 listen here
Quietly Yours by Birdy listen here
"Rest in the house of your own heart, doors and windows begin to open outwards to the world." ~ John O'Donohue Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
Saturday treat at
Colchester
Colchester"Thank You!" :) Nothing like the soud of Peter Frampton on Frampton Comes Alive vinyl :)
"Until you learn to inhabit your aloneness, the lonely distraction and noise of society will seduce you into false belonging, with which you will only become empty and weary." ~ John O'Donohue Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
eXtend the same compassion, empathy, and care to yourself as you give to the people in your life.
"You deserve your own friendship, kindness, care, and compassion. You are worthy of the kind of friendship you share with others." ~ Dear Friend by Michelle Maros p. 14
Zydeco is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by French speaking African Americans of Creole heritage. Wikipedia
