Brendan & Lori O'Gara

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  • It’s Almost Time

    It’s Almost Time

    Every year on my birthday in March I make a resolution to myself. Last year I decided to take a social media fast for a year. I’ll tell you about that later. For this year I’m considering only reading books from our home library. That would mean an entire year of not buying new books,…

    Lori O’Gara

    February 18, 2024
    Be Radical, Books, Goals, Grand Adventure, Home, Just for Fun, Reading
    Adulting, Be Original, Books, Happiness, Is this Weird?, Lifestyle, Motivation, Positive, Priorities, Self-Discipline, Simple Life
  • The Results are in!

    We did doggy DNA for Harley Quinn and Leo Spartacus. Yes, my husband gave Leo a middle name. We used Embark. Here are the results Harley as expected, but Leo! What the heckin heck is an American Village Dog? 100% love on paws, y’all! Light & Love, Lori

    Lori O’Gara

    February 17, 2024
    Announcement, Family, Just for Fun, Life, Love, Question Everything, The O’Gara Clan
    Happiness, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Thoughts
  • Come see us!

    Brendan and I will be participating at the Books By the Bay Festival on March 23, 2024 We will be on a discussion panel talking about the implications of AI and the publishing world. More info here https://www.facebook.com/BooksByTheBayFestival

    Lori O’Gara

    February 14, 2024
    Announcement, ❤️ our readers, Books, Brendan O’Gara, Lori O’Gara
    Announcement, Books, Event
  • How to end a fantastic weekend?

    Spent the weekend reading, playing games with friends, spending time with family, and resting. Now I’m ending the weekend with banana bread. That’s how you end a fantastic weekend. Light & Love, Lori

    Lori O’Gara

    February 4, 2024
    Books, Family, Focused Simplicity, Friendship, Grand Adventure, Life, Sunday Thoughts
    Happiness, Lifestyle, Peace, Simple Life, Thought of the Day, Truth
  • Live Simply

    What would you do if you won the lottery? Pay off my house and all my debts. Then retire from my job. Get the knee replacement that I want not what the insurance company says I can get. Buy a world tour travel package and travel for a year or two, writing every day. Crossing…

    Lori O’Gara

    February 4, 2024
    Be Courageous, Be Radical, Believe, Dreams, Grand Adventure, Life, Thoughts, Time
    bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-28, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1831
  • Happy Candlemas Day

    Happy Candlemas Day

    If Candlemas be fair and bright,Come, Winter, have another flight;If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,Go Winter, and come not again. According to German lore, if the hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day there would be a “Second Winter” or 6 more weeks of bad weather. Leave it to us crazy Americans to see a…

    Lori O’Gara

    February 2, 2024
    Believe, Florida, Grand Adventure, Just for Fun, Thoughts, Time
    Happiness, Is this Weird?, Life, Thought of the Day, Thoughts
  • Say Hello to Leo

    Periodically the caregivers from our local animal shelter bring dogs who need forever homes by my office building. They, the humans, know that my place of work is full of dog people with big hearts. I have held strong for a long time and not brought a dog home, until I met Leo. I could…

    Lori O’Gara

    January 27, 2024
    Family, Focused Simplicity, Grand Adventure, Just for Fun, Life, The O’Gara Clan
    Dog Mom Life, Family, Friends, Happiness, Life
  • How much time ya got?

    How much time ya got?

    What books do you want to read? All the books. 😁 I want to read…all…the…books! But really, who has time for that? I keep my TBR list on Goodreads. Right now it’s a manageable 18 books. You can see it here…send me a friend request and we can talk books. Light & Love, Lori

    Lori O’Gara

    January 27, 2024
    Books, Goals, Grand Adventure, Just for Fun, Life, Reading, Words
    bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-27, Books, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1830, Happiness, Life, Priorities, Simple Life, Thought of the Day
  • Social Media

    If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Social Media. I said what I said. Light & Love, Lori

    Lori O’Gara

    January 20, 2024
    Adulting, Be Courageous, Be Radical, Honest, Thoughts, Trust
    bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-18, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1821, Life, Priorities, Social Media, Truth
  • Lead with Heart

    What makes a good leader? Heart. Lead with empathy and compassion. Lead with kindness. Lead with integrity. Be real. Mean what you say and say what you mean. Light & Love, Lori

    Lori O’Gara

    January 20, 2024
    Adulting, Be Courageous, Believe, Goals, Honest, Human, Relationships, Respect, Stand on Truth
    Believe, bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-19, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1822, Heart, Integrity, Leadership, Life, Self-Awareness, Truth
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