Author name: Leianne Messina

Winter “VIEW” from my office this morning. March 1 is still winter. And I want it to BE wintery, then I’ll be excited for spring in a few weeks. After 2 days of blissful powdery snowfall that kept me snowed in (loved it, who doesn’t love a snow day?), I am working til 1130am this […]

I’ve never seen someone take on, tackle and terminate the way Maryanne does, in everything, including her fight against pancreatic cancer. In an arena of cancer with a very low success rate, I wanted to share her success story.

As Chief Redneck of my own company, I get to play hooky whenever I want. And I get to choose the view from my “office”. My commute? To the top of the mountain. Off the grid, out of gridlock and away from the grind. No lines and relaxing loooooong trails for mental detox. Skiing is

Just because we have a right in this country to say something doesn’t mean it makes it right to say it. If it’s not kind, why say it?

I “ran” into (literally as he was running by) Keanu on a dirt and dusty road in Mexico in 1991 at a surfing campground (my Santa Barbara boyfriend was the surfer, surely NOT me-that sport is so hard). Keanu was a huge star then yet he was there chillin like the rest of us. I

I have no fear of dying. I have a huge faith in God and God is good even when the world and people in it are not. In 2021 I was the first person on scene of fatal auto accident. I stayed and prayed fervently with the young driver in the hopes he would make

Now I find joy on my property and at my table not on the interstate and the Internet. Pinch Me I Live in Maine – Off the grid, out of gridlock and away from the grind. I’d highly recommend you not put off that “dream” of “slowing down someday” and get off that treadmill to