Blog 14 in the series: Good to Go, Hard to Leave: Transitional Pi, or, Am I There Yet?

It’s been two months since my last post, #13 in my 14-part series reflecting on my mantra that’s it’s good to go but hard to leave. I was going to post once I had fully arrived in my new home and job. Once my house had sold. Once all my furniture was delivered. Once I

Blog BHAY, #13 in my 14-part series on “Good to Go, Hard to Leave”: Joy Comes in the Morning, My Penultimate Post in this Series.

After a long, miserable night I went off to my first day at my new job, and I’m so glad I did! I received a gracious welcome from Betty, a lovely member of the hiring committee, who in a rainstorm brought me a cloth bag with my favorite Pro football team’s logo. In it were

Blog 12, aka the Antepenultimate blog in my 14 blog series of “Good to Go, Hard to Leave” part of my Big Hairy Audacious Year Blog

The title of this blog, Antepenultimate blog, is one of the very few times I’ve been able use that word since I learned it in 11th grade. As I recall, it means next to the next to the last. Ultimate = last, penultimate – next to the last, and antepenultimate – the one that comes

Blog 11 in the series of 14, “Good to Go, Hard to Leave” as part my BHAY

The cats are suspicious, they’ve been both more interested in me and clingy than usual and also more skittish, shying away if I move too fast. I have recruited a friend to help me wrangle them into the car. People who don’t know my cats have many suggestions on how to get them moved. But

Blog 10 of 14 in my series, “Good to Go, Hard to Leave” as part of my Big Hairy Audacious Year!: Taking Hold in Order to Let Go

In the movie, “The World According to Garp”, young child Garp climbs out onto a roof. He begins to slide down the roof and is soon hanging onto the gutter to keep from falling. The gutter begins to pull away from the roof, and the little boy clings to it to keep from falling. His

Blog BHAY, #9 in series of 14 about “Good to Go, Hard to Leave”: Letting Go to Take Hold

I’m moving in stages. I’ll be creating my new home carload by carload, and then in one big truck load. Today I’m making room for the first carload: the cats, their letterboxes, litter, food, and scratching post, plus my bedding, towels, some cleaning supplies, kitchen goods, just enough clothes to see me through my first

Blog for my BHAY, day 8 of 14 in my reflections of “Good to Go, Hard to Leave”: DeLallo’s and Peach Pie

My friends Sue W and Matt very kindly hosted a “so long’ gathering for me at their home. We sat on their deck, under the darkening western PA sky, watching chickens do their chicken thing in the yard. The conversation ebbed and flowed and wove us together as a group. We enjoyed grilled vegetables, great

BHAY Blog 7 of 14 in series“Good to Go, Hard to Leave”: Energy Conservation

It’s been so hot and so very humid with lower air quality here in SW Pennsylvania; my window air conditioners have been running non-stop for over a week. This gives me two rooms in the house that are comfortable during the day, two rooms where I’m willing to put forth more than minimum effort in

BHAY Blog 6 of 14, “Good to Go, Hard to Leave”: Course Corrections – Tweaks Happen

My car’s navigation system is not yet synced with my phone’s app, so I haven’t used the car’s system for directions yet. But that hasn’t stopped by Navigation System from providing directions: it will tell me, turn left in 1. 4 miles, turn right in 15 miles, continue straight for 20 miles … I have

BHAY Blog: Day 5, “Good to Go, Hard to Leave”. Getting By with a Little (Actually, a Lot of) Help from My Friends

One of the loveliest things about moving is that it makes time spent with friends more precious and appreciated. Although they will still be within reach of a phone call, text, email or Zoom meeting but the easy visit on a porch or over a cup of coffee is over. Even though I know I’ll