A Good Cup of Tea....

  What book that you’ve read was life changing?   It has been my experience that people who write tend to be people who love to read.  I myself was raised by a reader and sharing books has always been part of my life.   I love to share my favorite books and have given away more copies of some books than I can even count.  I do not currently own one of my favorite books because I gave my copy away.   If I don’t know what to get someone as a gift, I always give them a book.  Family, friends, teachers, acquaintances - if you know them a little bit you can find a book.  Or ask a friend who reads and they can make suggestions.   I have many books that have altered the course of my life but for this topic if any of you don’t know this book - find it, read it, and absorb what it says.  It’s called ‘The Four Agreements’ by Don Miguel Ruiz and if you haven’t heard of it, I would be surprised.  It’s been a bestseller for over a DECADE, has sold more than 10 million books in the US alone, and bee

  WHAT IS THE MUSIC BACKDROP OF YOUR LIFE? Music for me started with this: Southie Is My Hometown I was born down on “A” Street, Raised up on “B Street, Southie  is my hometown; There is something about it, Permit me to shout it, It is tops for miles around; We have doctors and flappers, Preachers and scrappers, Men from the Old  County down ; They will take you & break you, But they’ll never forsake you; For Southie is my hometown.  I never seem to follow my first inclination of what a writing question suggests would be a good story. I truly thought that I would tell you that I love almost all music with good lyrics.  I'm Irish and grew up in Dorchester and South Boston, Massachusetts and St. Patrick's Day was more than a celebration, it was almost a sacrament.  You didn't have to know the words, but you learned them eventually.  My blog's name - A Good Cup Of Tea - is because I'm Irish... we drink a lot of it.  A good cup of tea (pronounced tae in my grandfath

  MY SPIRIT ANIMAL  I am a water girl.  Born in June, raised near the ocean.  I now live a few minutes away from my favorite beach and I found peace there.  I took a test that said dolphins are my spirit animal.  While that seems to track, I don't know that I have only one spirit animal.  I love all the animals.  I believe since we all share this big round rock in space that we are all meant to be here.   There is a very long list of animals I wish I could meet.   I love gorillas and wished that I could meet Koko - the gorilla that was taught sign language.  She passed in 2018 at 46 years old.  She loved kittens.    I have seen baby giraffes and grown ones, a white rhinoceros, a roaring lion, and the gorillas at Disney's Animal Kingdom on a behind-the-scenes safari.  We saw the elephants eating quite close by and so many other animals.  Disney is an animal steward and tries to save animals that are perishing from the earth.   At my house, I have a dog and cats.  I truly enjoy t