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Adding a few new virtual museum tours!                 https://www.topreviews.co.nz/best-virtual-tours-new-zealand/               https://www.bestinireland.com/best-virtual-tours-ireland/'               https://www.bestinsingapore.co/best-museum-singapore/ Thank you to Good Housekeeping for this list!   Museums The Louvre:  You don't have to book a ticket to Paris to check out some of the famous pieces in the world's largest art museum. The Louvre has  free online tours  of three famous exhibits, including Egyptian Antiquities. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum:  The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian ,  Jeff Koons, and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists whose work are a part of the Guggenheim's  Collection Online . Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History:  Move at your own pace through the 360-degree room-by-room tour of  every exhibit in the museum . Van Gogh Museum:  You can get up close and personal with the impressionist painter's most fa

I've noticed lately when I stay inside all day I pay more attention to my breathing. Am I short of breath? Am I breathing deep enough? Any chest tightness? Just hearing the symptoms of COVID-19 have me assessing my respiratory status. I guess it's a side effect of 30+ years in healthcare.  One of my favorite songs out now is by Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real "Turn off the news and build a garden".  Turn off the news  - a simple request  and build a garden  or at least get outside. When I am outside with my hands in the dirt, I rarely think about my breathing. I spend my time digging up monkey grass, relocating bushes and making new flower beds. After a few hours with my hands in the dirt, I come inside and find it easier to breathe and relax.  If you haven't heard this song - take a listen! Then go outside, or at least take a walk and admire the scenery.  Turn off the news and build a garden Lyrics: I believe that every heart is kind

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me  "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ―  Fred Rogers

We grew up in a small town with a great big heart. The main reason for that big heart was because of our Henderson Mamas . It didn’t matter what day or time it was, if you were out of your house there was always a Mama looking out for you. In our group it was Doris, Judy, Ouida, Linda, Jackie, Dorothy, Reba, Lora, Jane, and Jeanne–and those were just the Mamas of girls!  When we were young, these ladies were our Brownie troop leaders, taught our bible classes, threw our birthday parties, watched our swim and tumbling lessons, and made our Halloween costumes. They also volunteered us to pick up cups and plates at every wedding shower, reception, or ladies day. We picked up a LOT of cups and plates through the years! What they may not have realized is that while we were picking up all those cups and plates, we were watching and hearing them giggle, talk, and share their lives. They taught us a very important lesson: they taught us what true friendships look like.  As we grew up and

I grew up with these beautiful ladies in Henderson, TN, aka small town USA . We share so many memories of childhood, school, youth group and summer camp. We try to get together every month or so to catch up. It's wonderful to have such a fabulous group of supportive small town sisters to gather and do life with!  I also know it would would make Judy, Ouida and Reba happy to see us together! 

In June of 2017 Josh accepted a job in Kona Hawaii with Big Island Electric. They had a couple of big contracts that they needed someone with Josh's abilities to get completed. Josh and Chassi thought this over and decided this would be a good adventure for their family. One of Josh's favorite movies (and tattoos) is " Joe vs the Volcano ", so this seemed so appropriate. They sold most of their possessions and flew across the ocean to settle in the little community of Waimea . Waimea is on the big island of Hawaii, just up the mountain from Kona. Hawaii is the largest and least populated of the islands and also has the least number of "mainlanders" - that's what Hawaiians call us. They have mountains, ranches and active volcano and of course many beaches. When Josh and Chassi are not at school, and the girls are not in school, they are out visiting ranches, hiking, swimming and exploring.  Josh and Chassi have both expressed that this has been a b