We spent more most memorable time with family and friends this week, enjoyed all the more for the mainly beautiful sunny fall days. I was enthralled with the festive fall colors all around us. I only wish I had taken more photos…
Let me start though with a lovely memory from last week of a great walk we had with my older niece after studying together for her New York Board Certification exam for Music Therapy. She subsequently passed it. Yay!


This week our memories span from continuing to be in New York, walking, talking and eating with friends in Albany,




to celebrating their son’s recent wedding,


to sharing a delightful Mexican meal with family in Westchester County,

and, from taking Bikram yoga in New York, to seeing cousins in Massachusetts. This is my photo of a clip of one of them on local television for her work in the Presidential campaign in Massachusetts, and their kitty and the ocean view from their home.



Then, from taking Bikram Yoga in Massachusetts, which included celebrating the studio owner’s newly published book for Bikram instructors, The Toolbox, and having her senior-most student who’s yoga story is mentioned in the book autograph it,


to visiting over dinner with friends along with the studio owners, to having breakfast with a teacher who came and taught at my teacher training, and, to seeing a little bit of early American history commemorated in honoring the Marquis de Lafayette.


Last but not least to staying with friends in their beautiful new home and seeing their new surroundings in Massachusetts!




It has felt like we have enjoyed several little pre-Thanksgiving celebrations with each visit. Loren and I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving this coming week!