Author: Lynnelle

HaT Chats and an Intellectual Salon

HaT Chats and an Intellectual Salon

Another fun cocktail chat! Thank you to those who were able to join in on Sunday. The fun group included Marla, Jan, Alice, Jeanne, Kathy, Gloria, Rochelle, Peggy, Lori, and of course Barb and yours truly. (We missed you Jane, Cathy, Denise, Karen, and Virginia) 

Intelligent Conversations

Intelligent Conversations

I’ve been in love with the idea of social salons for years. Not hair salons. The social salons like those hosted by the legendary Gertrude Stein in early 1900’s Paris. Every Saturday the likes of Picasso, Hemmingway, and Fitzgerald gathered at Stein’s apartment at 27 

100% Togetherness

100% Togetherness

When I quit my 8-5 professional life, it took me a couple of years to settle into a new routine. After a lifetime of living according to a typical, working-life schedule, it was more difficult than I thought to readjust to the “whatever I wanted” 

Valentine’s Day – The Perfect Storm

Valentine’s Day – The Perfect Storm

Happy Valentine’s Day lovelies! If no one has asked you yet, allow me – Will You Be My Valentine? Or, better yet – show yourself some love! And so, with that said – it’s just too bad that Valentine’s Day is, in addition to a 

Another Dry January

Another Dry January

“Lynnelle’s NOT having a drink!?” I’ve heard it before. For some reason, people can’t believe I’d ever turn down a cocktail, but for the fourth time in five years I’ve committed to a “Dry January”. (It would have been the fifth time in five years, 

Loneliness is Tough.

Loneliness is Tough.

Feeling lonely isn’t being alone and it isn’t something you want to broadcast. But About 8 years ago I had an epiphany. It’s taken me that long – and this blog – to get it from my head onto paper and just in case someone