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A little niche for happiness

by Barbara C. Gonzalez - July 29, 2018 - 12:00am

Happiness! What is it anyway?

Honeymoon for three

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - February 4, 2018 - 12:00am

Some ice in a glass.

Magic Around Us

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - January 27, 2018 - 12:00am

The newlyweds Loy Ventura and Barbara Gonzalez

How do you keep the music playing?

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - January 21, 2018 - 12:00am

One evening around July of 2016 I walk into the home of a lawyer who loves to sing and he plays the song How Do You Keep the Music Playing?

Sorrow and other ‘s’ words

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - January 14, 2018 - 12:00am

These days I have to select letters from the alphabet to help me describe how I feel. I think I will begin with the letter “S.” The first word that pops into my head is “sorrow.”

Rediscovering life

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - January 7, 2018 - 12:00am

I want to thank everyone — more than 100 people — who sent congratulations to us in response to last week’s long column.

History is delicious

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - December 31, 2017 - 12:00am

I, the woman who has been saying she will never marry again for a million years, simply said: Yes.

Falling in love?

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - December 23, 2017 - 4:00pm

It is almost Christmas but I don’t feel Christmas at all. Unlike last year it isn’t even constantly cold yet.

Secrets of marriage

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - December 9, 2017 - 4:00pm

We went out to dinner.

We’re only human

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - December 2, 2017 - 4:00pm

It’s December! The year is ending soon. Wasn’t it just last week when it was beginning?

What’ll I do?

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - November 18, 2017 - 4:00pm

I have lousy days too, days when nothing works, days that make you feel so blah that all you can do is stare at the distance.

Sing like Julie London

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - November 11, 2017 - 4:00pm

After being sick and stuck in my home for 10 days did you really think I would wait until Monday before sneaking out again?

Missing my babies

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - October 28, 2017 - 4:00pm

It is the 29th of October. The date is two days before my parents’ wedding anniversary.

Very old but very busy

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - October 21, 2017 - 4:00pm

It is around 8:30 p.m. Friday night. It is almost the end of a maddening week for me.

Come sing with us

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - October 14, 2017 - 4:00pm

This October it will be on the fourth Wednesday of the month — the Oct. 25. That’s when I will have my next singing show at the Happy Garden Café on #56

I’ll take romance

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - October 7, 2017 - 4:00pm

Last Sunday my children and I met for lunch at Wolfgang, the steak restaurant at Resorts World, to celebrate their birthdays. They were born four days apart, but five years apart. Typically I arrived first....

Life . . . Sometimes

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - September 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

Sometimes life is strange.

Just do what makes you happy

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - September 23, 2017 - 4:00pm

Aging, after all, is an attitude. I now know what it is to be really free. It is wonderful!

A young woman & me

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - September 16, 2017 - 4:00pm

I was having lunch with a friend when a young woman caught my eye.

Here i go again

by Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura - September 9, 2017 - 4:00pm

Many of you must be sick by now of the way I write about what I do to make a living. But you have to understand that all of us, I think at all times, still must earn money to support ourselves. That means working. ...

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