1 Happiness from Small Things (with a note to sourpusses)Small things make me happy. iStock photo I can get deliriously happy over simple things. I realize that […] This entry was posted in Laughter & Joy Musings about life With Gratitude & Thanks on June 19, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
8 Thank you, thank you, thank you!Thank you. There. You try it. Say: thank you. Write: Thank you.It’s not so hard to do, […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on March 20, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
Use what you got!In the past few weeks, I have found myself tossing empty spice containers into the dishpan for washing […] This entry was posted in Encouragement With Gratitude & Thanks on February 23, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
6 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends*It has been my great privilege/blessing/luck to have benefited, recently, from assistance from a number of friends. I […] This entry was posted in Friendship With Gratitude & Thanks on September 2, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
1 Bay State Banner resumes publicationOn July 7, I blogged about the Bay State Banner suspending publication after 44 years. I sm happy to […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community With Gratitude & Thanks on August 6, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
15 Bay State Banner suspends publication – A tremendous loss!It was with great sorrow that I read that the Bay State Banner has suspended publication. In an […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston With Gratitude & Thanks on July 7, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
7 Gifts do not equal love and other observations about holidaysIt is awfully nice to get a card on your birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, […] This entry was posted in Celebration Rants The Family With Gratitude & Thanks on June 22, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
4 Happy Mother’s Day to my childrenHappy Mother’s Day, Amber & Cy. Without you, there would be no Mother’s Day for me.You are the […] This entry was posted in Celebration Parenting The Family With Gratitude & Thanks on May 6, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
3 I Love Craig’s ListCraig’s List has been the bomb-digity for me. I was border-line addicted to it, now I’ve cut back […] This entry was posted in Money and thrift With Gratitude & Thanks on March 13, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
The Holiday season has now officially endedThe holidays officially ended for me today because I finally took all the Christmas, New Year and Kwanzaa […] This entry was posted in Friendship With Gratitude & Thanks on February 1, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
1 Be Thankful for What it Ain’t!Sometimes you can’t be glad for what it is, but you can definitely be glad for what it ain’t. […] This entry was posted in Musings about life With Gratitude & Thanks on December 16, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
7 Happy ThanksgivingThe sweet potato pie has been baked. (Yes, it’s sweet potato because that’s what I grew up eating, […] This entry was posted in Celebration With Gratitude & Thanks on November 27, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
I was away but now I’m backI have just returned from a very pleasurable five-day visit to California. (Did you miss me?) We visited […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on April 22, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
Bor-ing, Bles-singThere have been times in my life when nothing much was going on except the routine things of […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on April 6, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
Every One a MiracleEvery single human being is a miracle of conception and construction (and, for now at least, a miracle […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on April 4, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
Nobody’s Family is Going to ChangeNobody’s Family is Going to Change is the title of a children’s novel by Louise Fitzhugh. I reviewed […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on March 23, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
Frightened and SciredFlying from Boston to Charlotte by way of JFK Airport in NYC had me frightened and scired (scared). […] This entry was posted in With Gratitude & Thanks on February 8, 2008 by Candelaria Silva