Mar 30, 2019Member-onlyOkay God, it’s 4:30 a.m. and I’m awake.Whatcha got for me? For the last month, I’ve been waking up between 3 and 4 a.m. every morning. Every. Morning. No exceptions. I’m getting a cosmic poke in the ass to do something. I’m just not sure what. I watched the late, great Wayne Dyer many times on TV…Entrepreneurship6 min read
Mar 30, 2019Member-onlyFaithI am most emphatically NOT a churchgoer. If you’re offended, then this is not the article for you. However, stick around if you don’t care where a person worships or how they worship. You are my audience. And no, don’t keep reading if you think I’m going to take a…Faith2 min read
Oct 1, 2018Member-onlyGrace in AgingI believe we’re granted a kind of grace in aging. Though that’s one of those things, you don’t wake up and realize until you’ve been on the journey for a while. The realization comes on slowly for most of us and for some unfortunate souls, it’s never recognized at all. …Life4 min read
Aug 31, 2018Member-onlyBe YourselfI devour content on Medium. Then compare what I think and write to the content that I’ve read. I’m not pithy enough, not worldly enough, not in touch with current events and trends, I don’t make the leaps of intuition that others do, and I’m the laziest researcher around. I…Life Lessons2 min read
Aug 28, 2018Member-onlyFake it until you make itor why my writing is going to be crap for a while. So, my write everyday effort fell flat on its face yesterday. I had an “I just can’t” day. Which didn’t stop me from writing a whining, multi-part text message to my best friend about why I couldn’t. …Life Lessons2 min read
Aug 25, 2018Member-onlyConfessions of a CaregiverI’m the baby of the family. My parents married in midlife when each already had two kids. 11 months after they married … oops … they had me! The upside to this is I was pretty much raised like an only child during a period when my parents had disposable…Life3 min read
Aug 25, 2018Member-onlyA Place To RememberYou sit down at your keyboard, a title pops into your head and you wonder “now what do I do with this?”. That’s me today. A Place To Remember. Popped into my head … now, what do I do with this? Start writing, it will come. I remember a lot…Free Range2 min read
Aug 24, 2018Armillary SphereI haven’t been able to sleep worth a damn for the last three nights. Each morning, my husband has asked if there’s something bothering me. Each time I answered in the negative. Nothing’s overtly bothering me. At least I don’t think so. My brain doesn’t seem to be chewing on…Mathematics2 min read
Aug 22, 2018Member-onlyWrite, How ToJust write, every day. It’s not hard. Sit at your computer. Write. Grab a pad of paper. Write. Start a Blog. Write on Medium. Write on Facebook (which is like trying to make the sound of one hand clapping any more). But it’s still writing. Write. Tweet. Oh wait, is…Writing2 min read
Jul 4, 2018Member-onlyTaming The Information Overwhelm BeastAn Overwhelming World Information overwhelm is one of our most significant challenges in this digital age. We are bombarded from the moment we wake up until the second we fall to sleep. Despite the vast amounts of data that come your way every day, there are practical methods to filter out, declutter, and…Productivity8 min read