From the Desk of Pennwell Gray

Thanking YOU this holiday.

Thanksgiving is upon us and I realize that I have been submitting many articles to various publications – yet somewhat remiss on my goal of posting more regularly here on the blog. Time to revisit that goal and make it stick! We’re all works in progress, aren’t we?

This is a very different year, one we couldn’t have foreseen or even imagined, but here we are amidst the pandemic. Still. And everyone is making the best of it in any and every way they can.

Celebrate the gift of life.

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What we can learn from Mother Nature.

It was an almost summer like day here in New England. My home would invite you to find the nearest sweater, yet the temperatures outside were warm, beckoning you to shed the layers.

And it’s November, so it got me to thinking, which doesn’t take much. 😉

A new year – time to say goodbye and time to say hello.

Anyone who knows me knows that I call out moments in time – the start and end of each month, remembrances, firsts, lasts, and more. I believe in ‘good morning’ and ‘good night’, opening and closing every God given day. I believe in the little things and finding wonder in any which way we can. These, after all, often become the biggest and most important things when we look back on our lives.

Now you’re asking yourself – why is this crackpot posting a new year’s message?!

Election fraud? We have bigger issues, like integrity.

The heightened sensitivity, anger and excitement around this election is wild – and understandably so.

However, as I have said throughout the campaign, I feel that people have lost sight of what is fair and what is just. The hate is stronger than the sense of decency. People have taken sides and I hear nothing but blame, outrage and criticism. It’s us against them. It’s you against me. It’s I cannot bring myself to get along with you if you don’t agree with me.

It’s OFFICIALLY Election Day.

What a long, heated and all-consuming campaign! What will we all be watching, listening to and talking about when we find out who the President of the U.S.A. will be for the next four years?

I enjoy politics, yet I’m not political. I love my country, though I have a universal heart. I believe in freedom, democracy and a united nation – and sadly, I’ve not seen much of this over this past year.

Life’s short – put your tree up!

Though many said bah-humbug to my enthusiasm in putting up my holiday decorations on Halloween, I didn’t let it deter me or change my mind!

The holiday season is short and in my opinion, we don’t truly get the time to enjoy it enough between the pressure of shopping, wrapping, socializing and more. The holidays can pass us by because we are living in the high speed lane, so focused on what we need to do and where we need to get to that we forget to simply enjoy and appreciate.

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A seasonal reminder.

As a native New Englander, I know that snow is possible on any given day or night. The seasons do change if we are lucky, but there are some years when we only get two – winter and summer. This is why I invite you to pay attention to the gift of each day, every change in the temperature and landscape that creates the painting in which we exist.

Happy Friday!

We made it through the week and the weekend is loading!

Friday’s look different for everyone.