On my recent trip to Washington D.C. I realized a number of extremely thought provoking and revelatory things….. Where I am in the physical world has profound implications for my thoughts and memories. As I was walking around my old neighborhood, and the areas in the city where I had…

I figured out why the hotels were so cheap!!!! Nobody is here. I think I have found my perfect annual Thanksgiving tradition!!! I hate crowds…..The weather is supposed to be sunny and close to 60 tomorrow. Georgetown awaits and my walking shoes are ready!!!! I am going to see my…

This extremely talented man was playing and singing right outside of the Copley T station today while I was on my “march on Back Bay”. I would describe him as a combination of Jimi Hendrix and Prince. He was blow your mind talented. I stood and watched him play for…

As dear Rosanne Rosanadana used to say……. “It’s always something!!!” This morning I dropped my car off at the body shop. Because the first week that I was looking for a place to live and storing my things at my friend’s church, the woman who drives the preschool van backed…

Today, I changed my FB profile name back to its original HYPHENATED state of Schrade-Keddy. A number of years ago — I started using plain old Keddy, even though my legal name is Schrade-Keddy. WHY???? Because it was easier for OTHER people. Yup, good old people pleaser me, always looking…

In my quest finding affordable and safe housing for a newly single woman in the Boston area, I had to consider a number of variables. What is my budget? After spending 25 years in a couple, being newly single and yet still legally married, and trying to work out a…

I have been given a great gift….. Thanks to a connection with a former ministry colleague, I have been invited to rent a room in their large, welcoming and cozy farmhouse, in a beautiful town, right on the outskirts of Boston. I will be sharing her home along with her…

Not going to go into great detail- but those of you close to me know the history. I am choosing to live apart on my own. Maybe forever. Maybe for just a while but I need to be on my own. Believe me, living on the boat has nothing to do with this. I actually DID love it. The pictures and stories I posted were all true…

Well friends, it is my last night of pet sitting in Rhode Island….. it appears I have made it through. Tomorrow-I will be leaving Rhode Island …..without any items here either on the boat or in my ex storage unit- and also without my husband. I am fully cleaned out…