by Lisa Barreto | Jan 26, 2023 | Lisa Barreto
Last October, I attended a Zentangle art conference in Niagara-On-the-Lake in Canada and also spent some quality time with our cousins who lived so close to where the conference was being held. Bob and I (and I hope our cousins) had a blast! Then, on the morning we...
by Lisa Barreto | Jul 4, 2022 | Lisa Barreto
Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of our move to the seacoast of New Hampshire. That July 1st, I signed the papers and got the key. On July 2nd, Bob and Rocky arrived after their cross-country trip. And on July 3rd, we drove to our new home to see it before...
by Lisa Barreto | Oct 24, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
It’s hard for me to write about Suz in past tense. It seems strange that the very disease that she died from brought us together. Two years into my retirement after moving from Ventura to New Hampshire’s seacoast, I remember those meaningful moments...
by Lisa Barreto | Jul 1, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
July 1st marks the 2nd year since Bob and I purchased our New Hampshire home. 2019 certainly brought on a whirlwind of activities. Looking back, we shake our heads and say, “How did we do it?” Then comes the answer. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without our...
by Lisa Barreto | Feb 18, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
In March of last year I mentioned how one can change or “bend” through a pandemic by finding new ways to connect in our present space. I said that while this pandemic may separate us physically, we are still connected. We still have our memories. Photographs....
by Lisa Barreto | Feb 18, 2021 | Lisa Barreto
It happened suddenly. Last year on April 29, I was admitted to the emergency room at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire—a mere 12-minute ride from our home. No sooner was I greeted by masked workers and my temp taken at the front door, Bob was asked to wait in...
