Favorite TV Shows

Favorite TV Shows

When I was a kid, I watched lots of TV. But, as an adult, I rarely watch TV. I don't have a TV. I've never had a TV. Now, I don't have a tolerance for TV shows and commercials and viewing packages. When I watched the most TV, there were only the three major TV stations. Now, there are so many that there isn''t any worth watching. And I can't stand all of the remotes that have to be used just to get to my station of choice.

But, anyway, here is my meagar list of shows I like"

• The Office- My sister and her family watched this show every week. So I got in the habit of driving 10 miles each way to her house on Thursday nights for three seasons.
• Mash- this show started when I was in high school and it's last season was when I was 25 and had no way to watch the finale. But everyone at work talked about it so much that I feel as if I understood the emotion of the show. Now, I cant bring myself to watch it because it always seemed too sad to me.
• Mary Tyler Moore- i started watching this on Saturday nights in the lounge of my college dorm.
• Bob Newhart Show- this show followed the MTM show.
• Derry Girls- (Irish) I watched the entire three seasons in one weekend on my apple phone. This show was so damn funny.
• To The Manor Born- (British) I used to watch this with my mother in her bedroom when I would be home and spending a few days with her.
• 60 Minutes- I made efforts to watch this show all through the 70's,80's and 90's. But I don't watch it much any more.

The Morning Sun

 The Morning Sun

West Chester, PA

April 2, 2026

I love that moment when I come out of my bedroom and wander in to my living room and the morning sun is radiant. Its warmth envelopes me like a heated blanket.  I rush to make a cup of coffee and head right to my balcony where I sit and let the rays of the sun warm my face and blind my sight.

My Car

 My Car

Honda Civic

It's a 2014 car. It has 155,000 miles on the original engine and it still gets 40+ miles on the highway. I'm thinking of taking a road trip on the Mississippi Road trail from MN to LA (3300 miles/each way). But these gas prices right now are giving me concern. When I planned the trip, gas was $3.27/gallon. Now the price of gas is $4.69/gallon.  Ive put the trip on pause in hopes of gas prices going down. But I am afraid, prices may never go done and I may wait too long and never take the trip.

Home From Ethiopia

Facebook Post

February 19 at 3:44 PM

West Chester, PA, USA

· I Shared with Public

I'm home from Ethiopia with lots of memories and 
a fuller sense of humility. As always, I am grateful 
for the reminder that this world is far bigger and 
more beautiful than my understanding of it.

Walking Their Daughter Down The Aisle- 2025

This was a first for me: two mothers, one bride.  And I was a little nervous. I've known these three for years but I still worried all day about the groom's family. Would they be comfortable with this family dynamic? 

It turned out that his family was gracious and everyone had a great time.

I Stand With Immigrants- No Kings Rally- March 2026

 I STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS

My grandparents were immigrants and I am so grateful that they had to opportunity to come here and start anew. I am filled with gratitude that they took the risk to leave everything for a better life.

Student Comment # 72

 

Student Statement #72

A facebook post

Jeremy K:

May 9th is my moms birthday. Her birthday intersecting with your family reconnects me with my youth. You were an amazing principal and I’m happy our families are connected in some way. Thank you for being a guiding beacon then and now. 

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Bridget E Kelly

What a great statement.

Beers of Ethiopia- Feb 2026

 

Hanging With My Brother and His Wife

 They have never traveled outside of the USA. And today, they are booking a trip to Ireland for 10 days. The task is unnerving them. So I drove 5 hours to sit at the table across from them and encouraged them repeatedly to push the send button.

Sunsets

I wonder how many sunset photos I have taken in my life. For 30 years, my parents had a home right on the bay of the atlantic ocean and we saw magnifinet sunsets most days. And one of us was always recording this moment. And this was before cell phones, when we used film and had to pay to get our phtos developed. It cost a fortune. I wonder what happened to all of those photos.

I take a lot of sunsets when I travel. I just took this photo in Ethiopia last month. A few months back, I was spending the night in a tent in the Sahara Desert. We arrived at 5, just as the sun was starting to set. I think I took 50 photos that night. I have deleted maybe 20 of them. But I cant bring myself to delete all but one. Every photo speaks to me differently. 

I've taken sunset photos at the Grand Canyon, the Artic Circle, in Australia, in the Gobi Desert and the Nimibia Desert and the West Coast of the USA and as the sun sets on Key West Florida. How many other wonderful places will I have these photos. Will I ever have enough? I hope not.

Tending to My Third Eye- Nepal- 2017

Most of my spa treatments here, in Nepal,  cost $8 to $15 dollars. But my treatment to purify my Third Eye cost almost $50 and I had to secure an appointment in advance so that they had enough warm oil.

I laid on a massage table for two hours. A copper siphon was placed a few inches above my head and very so slowly, warm oil dropped right in the middle of my forehead, on my third eye. It was such warm, comforting sensation. Quickly, the oil slid down the side of my face and hair and dripped in the bowl on the floor. Every few minutes, the masseur would quietly approach me and massage my head with all this excess oil. And then she would quietly step away.

After two hours, my hair and shoulders were drenched in oil and she came back for one last hair, head and shoulder massage. She attempted to soak up much of the oil with a towel. But that wasn't very effective as there was just too much oil. She offered to wash my hair but I declined.

My hear looked like Medusa but that didn't matter to me. My head was vibrating and I wanted my skin to soak in as much oil as possible.

I walked the streets with this crazy hair and went back to my hotel. I laid a towel on the pillow and closed my eyes and fell in to a deep, deep sleep.
 

Dog Sledding and Ice Fishing in Alaska

Dog Sledding and Ice Fishing in Alaska

March 2017

OK, I've done both once. I don't need to do them again.

 

The People of Ethiopia- 2026