Life Reflections

Memories and Musings of Yesterday and Today - by Janice Neves

The Big 2021 Move: a 12-Month Retrospect

It’s been a year and several days since we did it. The day David and I packed up a large moving truck, giant storage pod and 35 years of...

Janice Neves

Dec 7, 202211 min read

Today’s Movie Experience? Yesterday's Was Better.

I can’t remember the last time David and I saw a movie in the theaters. I can’t remember the title of the last movie we saw in a theater....

Janice Neves

Jun 7, 20216 min read

Mom - A Mother’s Day Remembrance

I began writing this story on the occasion of what would have been my mom’s 91st birthday back in September. A quiet but kind woman, her...

Janice Neves

May 9, 20216 min read

Comforts I Found During a Year of Covid

This is the time of year when I would normally reflect back on all the exciting travel experiences David and I enjoyed over the past 12...

Janice Neves

Dec 31, 20209 min read

The Legend of the High School Band Medal

Nobody's perfect. Everybody loses stuff. Unless you're lucky to have a personal assistant with you 24/7 to remind you of every little...

Janice Neves

Oct 24, 20206 min read

Our 1991 Summer Vacation with Hurricane Bob

Whether by chance or by accident, our most memorable family vacations have been those weeks spent in Wellfleet, Cape Cod, and August of...

Janice Neves

Aug 25, 20203 min read

Ann & Hope - the Final Days

This is an addendum to my previous blog, Ann & Hope-Loss of More Than A Store. I was in Cumberland today and decided to pay a visit to...

Janice Neves

Aug 21, 20202 min read

The Summer of My Broken Ankle

Here it is, August 2020, and like most of the world, I haven't been much of anywhere beyond a 10-mile radius of my backyard, thanks to...

Janice Neves

Aug 15, 20205 min read

Choose: My Husband or My Cat?

We have always had cats in the family over the course of our 43-year marriage, up until 2016, that is. Our first kitties as a married...

Janice Neves

Aug 10, 20204 min read

These Four Walls: Prelude to Retirement

shut down. We saw the same four walls. Every day."

Janice Neves

Jul 25, 20207 min read

Three Channels and a Tube

A trio of channels, a snowy black and white image and a picture tube encased in a box. Saturday morning cartoons and a bowl of Frosted...

Janice Neves

Jul 8, 20205 min read

The Lost Art of Pen Pal Correspondence

During this Covid-19 pandemic, and the resulting suspension of travel, there hasn’t been much for a travel professional to write about....

Janice Neves

Jul 1, 20204 min read

Ann & Hope: Loss of More Than a Store

We were warned. The Coronavirus pandemic would result in a new normal - a change in the way we work, live, go to school and spend money....

Janice Neves

Jul 1, 20204 min read

Life Reflections

The Big 2021 Move: a 12-Month Retrospect

Today’s Movie Experience? Yesterday's Was Better.

Mom - A Mother’s Day Remembrance

Comforts I Found During a Year of Covid

The Legend of the High School Band Medal

Our 1991 Summer Vacation with Hurricane Bob

Ann & Hope - the Final Days

The Summer of My Broken Ankle

Choose: My Husband or My Cat?

These Four Walls: Prelude to Retirement

Three Channels and a Tube

The Lost Art of Pen Pal Correspondence

Ann & Hope: Loss of More Than a Store

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