Richard Sawdon's (rsawcon) Blog

By:  Diane Sawdon   December is upon us~~that month of the year which never has enough hours in the day or days in the week.   I think we do this over programming and over scheduling  to ourselves.   We have way too high of expectations for a time span of thirty one days.  I am going to, once aga...

By:  Diane Sawdon Thirty days of “grateful.”   This is my personal challenge for the month of November.   I will be writing down a small blessing for each day~~~I will be looking for that one instance, one vision, one small action that will put a smile on my face or warm my soul just a bit.   My...

By: Diane Sawdon The views outside every window in our home offer a gift~~a feast for my tired eyes.  The Red Maples, Sugar Maples, Japanese Maples, Redbuds, Dogwoods, the Burning Bush, the Virginia Creeper and even the grasses are decked out in their Autumn Finery.   Mother Nature has outdone h...

By:  Diane Sawdon I was just sitting in my favorite chair staring at some mindless TV while trying to hide from the heat and humidity outside, when I glanced at the clock and realized that it was 4:09p.m. on the first day of the new month and I had not spent any part of this day giving thought t...

By:  Diane  Sawdon Old Friends~~~those scant few people who have blessed your life for countless years.   This past month we were fortunate enough to share some priceless hours with some of our oldest companions.  These six people have been, at various times in our lives, a classmate, a confidan...

By:  Diane Sawdon   I took a huge chance today.   It was an opportunity for change.  But,  for me,  it was a huge step with unlimited consequences if I did not make the correct decision.   For years now, too many to count, I have been stuck in a rut.  It was a matter of convenience and operating...

By:  Diane Sawdon When I hear people use the words, “at my age,” when they refer to being a member of the older generation,  my blood does a slow simmer and I want to make them swallow their words.   My Grandma used to tell me that “you are only as old as you feel,” and she lived by these words ...

By:  Diane Sawdon What am I going to type on this page??  My mind is an empty vat of stagnant thoughts.  Nothing is jumping to the forefront of my brain.  In fact, until about noon today, I had completely forgotten that I had to write Ramblings for my Better Half’s monthly Newsletter.   Not want...

By:  Diane Sawdon Happy April and Happy Spring!!  Mother Nature is doing her best to fool us with an April Fool’s Joke~~~our weather is anything but Springlike.   I am choosing not to be bothered by the grey clouds, heavy rain showers and, just for excitement, throw in some thunder and lightning...

By: Diane Sawdon Entering the building which houses the offices of California Oncology in Fresno, California, one’s eye and soul is immediately treated to an artistic feast of the celebration of survival.   The walls are adorned with the creative talents of Breast Cancer Survivors who participat...