I love mountains and this time of year we are usually packing to head to our home in the beautiful, tranquil North Carolina High Country. But, not yet. So today since mountains have been on my mind, I’m sharing a few of my favorite pics with altitude.
I have one more treat to share. There are thousands of links to virtually visit museums, listen to concerts, and keep yourself entertained. For me, enjoying nature is a most basic pleasure. Change up your mindset and get in touch with some of the beauty our country has to offer with this amazing collaboration between Google and our National Park Service: The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
Keep your masks on and Stay Safe.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this odd and reflective time of “staying safe at home” I think we all focus on what’s most important – our family and our friends.
Friendship is a precious gift and I am fortunate to have been blessed with some amazing friends in my life. Like our family, most are quite spread out geographically and I miss the lunches, trips, golf, and card games that were the settings for so many talks, shared confidences, and laughter. Communicating through electronics is just not the same – although I am very thankful we have those options to keep in touch.
Today’s blog is a tribute to my friends and since I don’t think many would like to see their picture on this public blog, I have collected a few favorite wildlife pics to serve as stand-ins.
Stay safe.
It’s Passover and Easter and time for new life. Time for flowers to bloom. In the midst of “Safe at Home” it seems like a good time to rejoice in some natural beauty. These pictures are all favorites of mine, some from trips to far-away places and others from my two very different backyards. I hope they evoke a special memory or feeling and make you smile.
My hope is that, as a society, we will have hit a reset button and emerge to an even better way of living, being kinder to one another, and the world in which we live.
We have a new kind of lifeguards in our altered world. The amazing people who staff our nation’s hospitals. In this week’s post, I want to thank those exceptional men and women.
At our new ground zero are the physicians and nurses who are on the front lines fighting this battle against the coronavirus. It’s not only the doctors and nurses we need to recognize, but a few decades working in hospitals and healthcare communications also taught me plenty of behind-the-scene details. So many others are at risk. We need to also thank the housekeeping staff who scrubs the rooms, transporters who move patients from place to place, lab techs who run tests behind the scenes, administrators who struggle with capacity, quality and logistic issues, the plant ops crew who keep facilities in working order, dietary staff cooking to feed patients and exhausted staff, respiratory therapists, radiology techs, and so many more. Each hospital is a universe all its own and let’s not forget all those contractors who work regularly in hospitals like the electrical contractors who, literally, keep the lights on and the monitors humming.
Give thanks to them all.
