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Ann Louden

Jun 22, 2023

YOU CAN ALWAYS GO HOME AGAIN

Happy summer -- the season when we tell ourselves we'll have plenty of time to finish that project we have put off forever! It's early,...

Ann Louden

Mar 7, 2023

SHARING MY BOOK NEWS WITH YOU!

Several years ago, two girlfriends put a crazy idea in my head. “You should write a book about your dating experiences here in New York,”...

Ann Louden

Jul 26, 2022

WHOSE HERO ARE YOU?

There is a lot to be discouraged about these days. From the threat of Covid and illness, to horrific inflation, to the tragedy in Uvalde,...

Ann Louden

Dec 7, 2021

JUST WHEN I GOT IN CONTROL!

You already knew I was never in control, didn’t you? If there is one thing life has taught me, it is not to get too comfortable with my...

Ann Louden

Sep 18, 2021

HEROES OF 9-11

We have had so much challenging news in the last 18 months, we could be forgiven for believing it’s not real. There are mornings when I...

Ann Louden

Jun 17, 2021

BUT I LIKE TALKING TO STRANGERS

I grew up at a time when adults admonished children never to talk to “strangers”. My interpretation of that rule meant anyone that wasn’t...

Ann Louden

Apr 1, 2021

APRIL FOOLS DAY AND S.O.S. PADS

Happy April Fool’s Day! It’s hard to play jokes during a pandemic without coming off as overly alarming. So I am settling for ordinary...

Ann Louden

Feb 11, 2021

MY GOODBYE TO SILENCE

It's official. I have broken up with my most silent year. Even with zoom meetings and...

Ann Louden

Dec 10, 2020

GOOD TIDINGS FOR 2021

The challenges we’ve experienced in 2020 evoke the twists and turns of one of my favorite holiday movies, It’s A Wonderful Life. In the...

Ann Louden

Nov 11, 2020

MOVING FORWARD WITH ICE CREAM

It's autumn in New York, and only two months until this year ends. Most of us won't be sorry to see it go! The changes in our lives range...