A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

"I hope that this note finds you doing especially well."  I start most notes that I send this way and the fact is that I mean it.  I am here reflecting on a very full week and closing out what was a quick Saturday. In the midst of it all I have been itching to journal  about the things that I am grateful for lately. They fall below in no particular order. 1) Cable TV servicer that arrives on time and goes the distance to make sure I get the service I ordered.  (Monday) 2) Safe commutes into New York city during the week. 3) Catching the train with 2 minutes to spare 4)  A pair of gold; leather Ralph Lauren ballerina flats in my pocketbook that  served as back up when my heel broke on my fancy Italian shoes. 5) New connections and friends that are sincere, funny, and engaging 6) The rebloom of roses and exotic flowers in my front and back gardens 7)  My brilliant and open mind if I do say so myself 8) My iPhone...let's just give it up fo...

This January of ours !!! - Nature's Winter Thu 12:16am Edit Note Delete Uploaded via Facebook Mobile This January of ours ...has been wonderful in the Northeast ; if you know what to do with it. I dare you to go out and play in the snow. Remember the big fluffy one we got last week? The snowflakes floated gracefully through the air and it was like white cotton candy all over the place. When was the last time you stuck your tongue out and tasted the snow flakes? When was the last time we had this much snow? Not in a long time right? The times when we did have winters like this seemed more stable, more " normal", and more happy in some ways for more of us. Yes it is cold, slippery in some areas, icy and all of that. But, I would never call it " brutual" or some of the words that I hear and see being used. I mean really, is that any way to talk to Mother Nature? Yes it's extremely icy in some spots. Icy just seems like that loving mother calling out -" No...