writing Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/writing/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 writing Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/writing/ 32 32 56610905 A Retrospective: 2022 https://frangallo.com/a-retrospective-2022/ https://frangallo.com/a-retrospective-2022/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:03:03 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21119 This blog post brings you wishes for a Happy New Year filled with joy, peace, love, the best of health, and much success in all your endeavors. What a year this has been! I feel fortunate to have time to reflect on this past year. I take this time to thank you for being a [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/frans-furry-fans/feed/ 9 20715 Bob’s Instructions for Life https://frangallo.com/bobs-instructions-for-life/ https://frangallo.com/bobs-instructions-for-life/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:39:17 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20827 Yesterday's Celebration of Life for my father-in-law, Bob Boxberger was special indeed. A Goliath of a man, Robert Boxberger, otherwise known as Bob or "Boxie",  passed away on January 10, 2021. The event had been postponed a few times due to the seemingly never ending surges of this pandemic.  I am so pleased the event [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/bobs-instructions-for-life/feed/ 18 20827 East Of The Mountains https://frangallo.com/east-of-the-mountains/ https://frangallo.com/east-of-the-mountains/#comments Fri, 20 May 2022 01:34:13 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20743 East of the Mountains  You hear that expression a lot living here in Seattle. East of the mountains is where we go for  sunny warm weather in the summer, apples in the fall, skiing in the winter, and gorgeous wildflowers in the spring. Last Saturday, Rick and I drove through rain, over to Pine Hills, [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/east-of-the-mountains/feed/ 10 20743 Night of the Cherry Blossoms https://frangallo.com/night-of-the-cherry-blossoms/ https://frangallo.com/night-of-the-cherry-blossoms/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2022 02:18:12 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=20705 The setting: Spring 1988, Kita-Narashino, Japan. I stood, not alone, in the cool and quiet of the night under a cherry tree in full blossom. Rick was with me. We were both ESL teachers at Margaret's School and every Friday evening, the staff went out to the marui sushi or the "go-round sushi bar", where [...]

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