{"id":3370,"date":"2021-02-08T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:33:05","slug":"where-the-hell-have-you-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2021\/02\/08\/where-the-hell-have-you-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the hell have you been?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Good question. Several places since\nApril of 2018 when I discussed bread from the bakery and my thriving Red Bud.\nIt was a moment in time for that Red Bud, about to enter its second decade on\nStowe Lane; never once threatened by the roving maniacs otherwise known as\nlandscapers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How, was I to know there was another moment in time waiting just around the corner in July? That\u2019s when the inimitable Rere went by Daddy.\u00a0 She\u2019d been threatening to go for several years but phoenix that she was she defied the odds until she didn\u2019t. It was an exhausting year and no words would come. Most of that story was told through loving conversations with her beloved Toti Nonna<\/a> on Instagram which allowed everyone an overwhelming level of comfort. There was so much to say about that moment and yet it\u2019s all been said leaving everyone with no regrets and an exhale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I started the blog in 2009, let\nme say that again\u20262009, it was a moment in time for me. I was newly divorced\nand starting a fresh life on Stowe Lane. \nI had much to say, mostly because previous to that year I hadn\u2019t said\nmuch at all. And you better believe I took advantage of my voice here on the\nblog, from indignant rants to the little things to family to elder beauty and\nfood and whatever stuck in my craw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then something shifted, I began writing\nmore on Instagram following prompts and current trends and the ordinary.  #lifeonstowelane<\/a>\nwould later become a beloved hashtag on IG and I could write and post to my heart\u2019s\ncontent, there was no need to blog. \nBlogging had gone out of style, lost its relevance, or something like\nlaziness set in and I had no patience to expand my thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last two and a half years\nI\u2019ve been busy transitioning into retirement. I\u2019ll spare the gory details but\nit\u2019s been an adventure complete with disappointments, meetings, meetings, more\nmeetings, knock down drag outs, negotiations and a very happy ending. There was\nthe trip of a lifetime to Italy\u2019s Tuscan Women Cook<\/a> and oh yeah a\nworldwide pandemic that isn\u2019t quite through with us yet. So, again, there I was\nposting and writing on Instagram. But\u2026as I read over some of it recently, it\nwas pretty good. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes irreverent, sometimes funny as\nhell #conversationswithtoti<\/a>,\nsometimes helpful. And the food, the cooking, and all the ideas swirling around\nthat wanted very much to become a book\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here I am\u2026again. With much to say\nin a place where it can be savored and cataloged and preserved because, yep,\nlegacy albeit ordinary.  This time around\nit will probably be much ado about retirement, living blessedly alone, cooking,\ncreating art, being Italianish and God knows what else in the hopes that the\nbook will somehow come to fruition.  I\u2019m\nthinking a monthly wrap up of IG posts and additional goodies. I\u2019m thinking\nsnarky rants and emotion and preventing people from eating cold cereal for\ndinner.  You know mindful living in the\nnot so woo woo way we\u2019ve all come to know\u2026and love\u2026yeah we still love it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you\u2019ll stay tuned and tell your\nfriends, see you in March. slc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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