the beach – Karen Creamer Author, Coach, Speaker

Blue Moon

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Karen, posted in family, good grief, local fun, the beach

My husband and I got up early and raced outside to try to see the Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse at the 'optimal time' here in Maine (6:45 am)--since it only occurs once every hundred years or so, we didn't want to miss it. And it was up there...behind the trees. So we jumped in the … Continue reading Blue Moon

My birthday

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, Adult children, books, celebrations, friends, italian, local fun, Party for one, the beach

I hope you all had fun with me this week. In addition to the week of cakes, my daughter gifted me with a cake today, bringing my total to eight for the week, and this is the one with which we celebrated with singing and candles. Here is today's cake from Wells IGA: Caramel … Continue reading My birthday

Dancing keeps you young

July 16, 2016July 16, 2016 by Karen, posted in family, local fun, teens, the beach

I went to a local concert last weekend with my daughter, part of the Wells Harbor Concert Series. Every Saturday evening in the summer, rain or shine, there is a free concert (rain venue is the junior high school). The band for the second concert of the season was a new one for us, The … Continue reading Dancing keeps you young

Get caught reading!

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, author, books, Brave books, the beach, writing

May is 'Get caught reading!' month. Why not get caught reading my book? One Brave Thing! At your local bookseller and at Amazon.com, where you can preview it before you buy it. This is a photo of my friend Charlotte who 'got caught reading' One Brave Thing at the beach in Florida! YAY! Where will you … Continue reading Get caught reading!

Simplify: Who, me?

June 17, 2015June 18, 2015 by Karen, posted in education, local fun, the beach, writing

I went to a class at the Wells Public Library this week. Lisa Luken of Simple Joy Living, LLC spoke to us about simplifying our lives by streamlining (as well as getting rid of) our stuff. Her tagline is "Simple. Joyful. Organized. Intentional. Living." Great, right? Who wouldn't want that? I had a ton of ideas fill … Continue reading Simplify: Who, me?

Go with the flow

June 7, 2015June 7, 2015 by Karen, posted in education, Functional Health, health, Metaphysical healing, the beach

I attended a chakra class at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital this weekend. Chakras, as you may know, are energy centers in the body that energy flows through, often described as spinning discs of different colors. Find out more about chakras here: Anodea Judith's Wheels of Life One thing that came up in the class was that taking a … Continue reading Go with the flow

Leisure time: top 10 activities

October 30, 2014 by Karen, posted in books, local fun, movies, NaNoWriMo, the beach, writing, yoga

I have the next few days off and am thinking of fun ways to spend it: Go bowling Go to the movies: I want to see St Vincent, The Judge, and that Steve Carell movie about the terrible, very bad day. Get up early and go to yoga Go see the ocean! Check out the … Continue reading Leisure time: top 10 activities

Home is where?

August 25, 2014 by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, Date night, Marriage, relationships, restaurants, the beach

Recently my husband and I took a vacation. This is news, because it was OUT OF STATE. Way out. Like, in NJ. Just getting the same days off from work together to go took weeks-and an aligning of the planets AND and act of congress. What was better about Atlantic City than Wells, ME? Not … Continue reading Home is where?

Lost at sea

August 24, 2013 by Karen, posted in local fun, Midlife Crisis, no fear, the beach

I love to go to the ocean. I go every day that I possibly can, rain or shine, summer or winter. Even if I only have 1 hour...hell, even if I only 5 minutes, I go. One thing that I don't often do, however, is swim in it. It's not that I don't want to … Continue reading Lost at sea

Another first

August 22, 2012 by Karen, posted in fitness, health, local fun, Midlife Crisis, no fear, the beach, Turning 50

When I turned 50 this year, I decided to try to do things for the first time, since this is my first year in a new decade. Today, I went swimming at the beach all by myself. This is no small undertaking, to which anyone who wears glasses and is severely myopic will attest. The … Continue reading Another first