Evidently, the third time really is the charm. After two failed attempts (thanks to COVID), we finally fulfilled Mom’s request to scatter her ashes in Fairbanks, Alaska…to return her to her beloved after 63 years apart. I hope to have a novel inspired by her amazing life to share with you in the near future,…
Whether you blog on a schedule or when inspiration hits…whether you have a narrow niche or a more general theme…when you sit down to write a post, how do you decide what to write about? Sometimes I sit down at the computer knowing exactly what I want to write about. Other times, I’m not so…
I can hardly believe it’s been a month since I stepped out of the office and into retirement. (It seems a lot of my posts begin with a comment on how time flies. If you are interested in the perception of time going faster, check this out.) Anyway, what was I saying? Ah, yes…it has…
June gave me so much for which to be grateful, I hope you will bear with me for this longer post…it is mostly photos, if that helps! Thank you Betty… …for 95 years of life…for the joy, the lessons, the love, and just for being you. Thank you everyone who celebrated this momentous occasion with…
My, how time flies. It is officially summertime in the Northern Hemisphere, 2022 is very nearly half over, and it’s time to check in on my Word of the Year progress. As a reminder, my word for 2022 is CONNECTED, as in… Connected to this moment Connected to my authentic self Connected to my amazing…
Fabulous failures and marvelous mistakes I was reading blogs recently…as I often do…and came across a combination that got me to thinking: this one on Debs Despatches that asked how you go about making decisions and another on Robby Robin’s Journey discussing women and confidence. No doubt, one of the biggest roadblocks to making big…
What are you going to do now that you are retired? I get asked this question almost daily since I announced my retirement. Usually I answer, “Whatever I want to!” Sometimes I give a little more detail: Stay up past 10 p.m. Delete my alarm. Schedule personal appointments on a weekday. Hang out in nature…
As we approach the end of another month, it is time once again for those of us participating in the 2022 Word of the Year Link Party to reflect on our chosen words. (Queue the fireside chat music…) Or considering this is a party, perhaps you prefer some dance music and a fancy cocktail. Whatever…
Last week I ended my blog post with the phrase “right as rain” and wondered aloud (or in print anyway) where that phrase came from. It got me thinking about other idioms and how they came to be…what were the original meanings? For answers, I turned to my friend Google. Today I share Google’s wisdom…
I’m baaack… Well, sort of. As you may or may not have noticed, I took a couple weeks off from blogging. Hubby and I took a long-awaited and much-needed trip to Mazatlan, Mexico. We saw old friends we’ve been missing since COVID restricted travel. And made new friends, we hope to see more of in…
