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Ethical Spending
Carolyn HayekDecember 1, 2022money, ethical spending, charity nivigator Comments
Iberian Travel: Delight and Challenge
retirement, travel, Travel safety, Unitarian Universalist, vacation cruiseCarolyn HayekOctober 29, 2022travel, portugal, spain, Morocco, gibraltar, OAT, corinthian M/V, slaver, privilege, small ship, grand circle travel, overseas adventure travel, bull ranch Comment
Travel in Year 3 of COVID Times
Travel safety, Grandparents, Covid testing, Mask requirements, travel, Unitarian Universalist, Washington DC, San Francisco, Portland ORCarolyn HayekAugust 27, 2022vacation, annapolis, Washington DC, COVID, masks, social distancing, plane travel, museum visits, buses, trains, covid precautions, self-tests, travel risks, travel quarantine, travel safety, visiting grandchildren, elders traveling
Senior Housing - What's best?
Carolyn HayekJuly 6, 2022senior home, retirement home, continuing care facility, Parkshore at Juanita, WACCRA, retirement community residents, picking a retirement home, benefits and risks of retirement facilities
My Visit to Seabrook
event planning, friendship, real estate purchase, travel, Travel safety, SeabrookCarolyn HayekJune 15, 2022Seabrook, Seabeck, vacation, Washington coast, Pacific ocean, rental houses, ocean views, planned community, Pacific Ocean, Oyhut Village
I Loved this Book
book review, friendship, Racism, social changeCarolyn HayekMay 25, 2022racism, slavery, irish, ancestry, plantation life, biracial marriage, Underground Railroad, Tammy Huf, A More Perfect Union, emancipation, potato famine, family history
Stepping Up to Condominium Leadership
Carolyn HayekApril 20, 2022condominium, hoa, Board of Directors, condo challenges, condo rules
A Covenant for Religious Community
spirituality, unitarian universalist, worship resources, worship materialsCarolyn HayekApril 7, 2022covenant, personal beliefs, credo, church vision, northlake unitarian universalist church, UU, religious beliefs, liberal religion
An Unexpected Spiral
travel, Travel safety, study abroad, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, slovakiaCarolyn HayekMarch 4, 2022Ukraine, Russian, 1968, Czechoslovakia, Russian troops, Hohe Tatra Mountains, student travel, Eastern Europe, peace to war spiral, communist countries
The Joy and Dread of Book Group Membership
book review, event planning, friendship, Leadership, Racism, social change, Unitarian UniversalistCarolyn HayekFebruary 24, 2022
Belated Holiday Letter - 2021 - What a Year It's Been!
Carolyn HayekJanuary 7, 2022
Grateful for President Biden
Carolyn HayekDecember 22, 2021presiden Biden, Republican Party, Election fraud, extremist judges, saving democracy, climate change, poliical lies, gerrymandering, school board. protests, election board protest, Donald Trump
The COVID-19 Diaries
Carolyn HayekDecember 1, 2021COVID-19, pandemic, writing group, Saltwater church, Unitarian Universalist, self-publishing
Thanksgiving Challenges
Carolyn HayekNovember 17, 2021
Chalice Extinguishing Words for Small Groups
chalice lighting, spirituality, Unitarian Universalist, worship materials, worship resourcesCarolyn HayekNovember 10, 2021
Fall Colors - Halloween Style
Carolyn HayekOctober 23, 2021fall colors, Lakeview neighborhood, chicago, Mount Washington resort, pumpkins, skeletons, Halloween decorations
A Life on Stage
Carolyn HayekOctober 6, 2021seattle, Carolyn Duncan, homelessness, sidewalk tents, seattle commute, subsidized housing, housing crisis, lace curtains, homeless women, helping the homeless Comments
This I Believe
charitable giving, retirement, spirituality, Unitarian Universalist, worship materials, worship resourcesCarolyn HayekOctober 3, 2021
What LGBTQ History Month Means to Me
Carolyn HayekOctober 3, 2021LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQ history, international women's conference, Northlake Unitarian Universalist church, Nancy Reid-McKee, Pride Month, Humnan Rights, human rights campaign, discrimination
September 2021 - Pandemic Challenges
Carolyn HayekSeptember 22, 2021pandemic, delta variant, seabeck, Eliot Institute, creative arts camp, Gig Harbor, Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Olympic mountains, pandemic anxiety, coronavirus, Kirkland, Hurricane Ridge, masks, travel precautions, church camp, northlake unitarian universalist church
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