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If I Could Turn Back Time on my Real Estate CareerThere is an expression as relates to post action reviews of being a Monday Morning quarterback. This is meant to attempt anticipate what might have happened had a particular event been approached in a different manner.The ActiveRain Challenge for ...
05/12/2025
Mother's Day 2025 Day Moment Becomes More Precious One has to be a woman, and to be more precisely, a mother, to comprehend thoroughly the emotions involved. There is a connection between a mother and her children that defies definition. It reaches past the sense of logic and no matter how many t...
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Friday Flags If You Wait, it will Wave in Watertown CTWhile driving into Watertown, CT to meet someone at a condo complex, I noticed the flag at the entrance was less than furled. The limbs on the adjacent trees were moving slightly so I waited a few minutes to see if the flag would strut for me....
05/09/2025
53rd  Annual Mother's Day Greek Festival in Waterbury CT  It is highly anticipated each year for the food that is offered and the fun as well. A tradition for Mother's Day weekend to come and enjoy authentic Greek food, entertainment and the fellowship of your friends and neighbors.There will be ...
05/03/2025
Friday Flags: Big and Beautiful in Watertown CTI was heading into Watertown, CT on Wednesday morning. On a main road is a plant with a very large flag out front. It very seldom is fully furled, however this week, there was enough wind that I just had to stop.Most flag sizes are sized for the heig...
05/02/2025
Friday Flags: Half Mast Out of Respect for a PopeI paused a few seconds to give a thought as to why the flags were at half-mast and then realized in a state with such a strong Catholic population the respect for the head of the Catholic Church.Pope Francis, the first Cardinal elected to head the ...
04/25/2025
For 2025 It's Starting to Look Like Spring in ConnecticutThey just can't help themselves as they have been waiting long enough for enough opportunity to just break out.As I looked out onto the front yard, I saw color and it wasn't just brown.Daffodils in white and yellow and some purple and white...
04/21/2025
Friday Flags:  A Stiff Breeze Makes Them Wave ProudlyWhie spending a couple of days in Galloway, NJ, we happened to find a flag that was crying for attention.After stopping for breakfast, I took a couple of minutes to show appreciation to the Bayview Volunteers fire Co, which is within the Gallow...
04/18/2025
Where's the Spring Warmth in Connecticut?This has been a strange year for weather with exceptional cold, winds, and in some areas deep snow. I saw the man that plows our driveway last week and he had a very big smile, as did the oil delivery man.A few days ago, I picked the first daffodils of the...
04/13/2025
The Buyers that Really Tested PatienceAs agents we always hope, when starting with a new client, that it will be a smooth transaction. I was involved in such a transaction, and it really was close to a break-it-off deal.The clients had their house on market and were very well committed to where t...
04/12/2025
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