Eight Oh and counting.

by Lynnelle on June 14, 2010

Fredes Lynnelle Smith Wilson

My Mom

Mom is turning 80 this October 22.

8 – oh.

20 years – 4 times. Eighty.

Seriously? How did THAT happen?

A few years ago my work took me to New York. I left everyone and everything in Texas. I was 41. Mom was 68.

It seems like yesterday. I’ve been away from “home” for 12 years. I enjoyed a wild ride in New York, fell in love, fell out of love, moved to Maine (not in that order) and now whoosh! – 12 years has gone by.  I’ve always been sure of doing the right thing. Following my intuition; listening to my gut feeling has never failed me – I think. Now I’m wavering a bit and am not sure if it’s gut or fear or a bit of both.

I’ll be putting my Willard Beach house on the market and moving out next month.

The business I’ve built and the work I’ve become known for has become less challenging and less rewarding on a few levels.

Not only is Mom 12 years older, I am 12 years older. Still single. Still ready for the next adventure.

Wondering what that is.

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It’s All Good

by Lynnelle on April 29, 2010

Willard Beach

Kids can go nude - but not hungry on Willard Beach.

Such a response I’ve gotten from my last post!

Wow. I’ve gone back and reread the thing twice now and am still amazed. It really struck a cord.

First, let me say I am NOT sad, depressed or anything other than prepared. (I love you Uncle Bill. Really – I’m fine! :-) )

and

Second, I didn’t, and don’t want to communicate anything other than

a) shit happens and

b) you do your best and forget the rest.

There are thousands and thousands who are in REAL difficulty.    ***Non Sequitur Alert***
I just returned from a meeting with John Woods, the new chair of Maine’s Share Our Strength organization. I am SHOCKED at how many children in Maine (and the US in general) rely on the school systems for their food. Last week was Spring break in the Maine public school system and it is heartbreaking to hear that many kids had next to nothing to eat until this Monday when school opened again.

By the end of this year over 17 million children will worry about where their next meal will come from. That is ONE out of EVERY FOUR children… We are among the wealthiest, most generous people on earth. This is just NOT acceptable. A five year old going to bed hungry. THAT is real difficulty.

I thank everyone for your well wishes and atta-girls. I love you all. Whether I live in this little house a block away from my Willard Beach or the littlest Pablo and I have to take a 10 minute drive in the morning – you’ll get the morning beach pics. And I’ll not go to bed hungry. I’ll be donating my time to Share Our Strength Maine and if I’m as good as “they” say – there will be fewer children going to bed hungry because of it.

I’m one of the luckiest people I know.

(Check out the Share Our Strength link to see what we’re doing in Southern Maine. I’ll let you know more ways you can participate – help – donate – rattle the cages soon. If you want more info or share a story before then, lmk.)

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Selling Heaven and Hell

April 28, 2010

For those of you who follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/lynnelle) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/lynnelle) you’re familiar with “my” Willard Beach. Unfortunately as lucky as I’ve been to live there and as beautiful as it is, it is an expensive place to be. I can’t hide from the grim reality anymore. I just can’t afford it. So that’s why I decided to suck it up and send a proposal to my friend, Raymond.

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SxSW Interactive – social media meat market

April 18, 2010

Alright, so the headline is less than flattering, but that’s sort of what it felt like. As I look back, I suppose that’s why my last entry on the subject was before SxSW even got rolling on Day 1. Attending SxSW Interactive was a wonderful experience, don’t get me wrong. I learned a lot and [...]

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Talking to myself and feeling… transparent?

April 17, 2010

Here we go boys and girls. I had a good “talking-to” with myself about this blog last night. If I’m going to do it – I need to do it right. By “right”, I mean don’t hold back. “What will everyone think?” “Should I actually admit to this – that – and the other?” “If [...]

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April?? Seriously?

April 16, 2010

I’m baaaaaack. 39 days, 4526 miles and the littlest Pablo and I are still best friends. Life – as it should be.

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SxSW Experience – Day 3

March 14, 2010

How ‘naughty’; playing hooky from SxSW. Thanks to Gowalla, Foursquare and Whrrl, I know I’m not the only one skipping out of SxSW.

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Zemanta Test – SXSW

March 12, 2010

Image via CrunchBase My new friend, Andraz is the co-founder of Zemanta – a tool to help us bloggers not have to work so hard to find pictures, links and related articles. Here’s a test.. I LOVE THIS! I Didn’t have to manually do anything but type on this. Beautiful. Related articles by Zemanta Test [...]

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SxSW Experience – Early Day 1

March 12, 2010

Expected attendance for Film is about 7,000 people, with 11,000 expected attendees for Music, and about 12,000 attendees for Interactive. Without overlap, that’s 30,000 people, although many register for more than one segment.

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The Things You Learn on the Road

March 11, 2010

I’ve heard the saying “You’re as young as you feel.” Until now, I’ve always believed that to be true. I’ll let you know if it holds true at South by Southwest.

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