Oprah is always pontificating about living our best lives. So what does that mean to you? I mean really? Take a moment here and think about it—I’ll wait. I spent 30 years teaching public school. Serious stuff, educating the masses. So many rules, so many...
Tacked to the wall near my computer is a horoscope written by Michael Burgess, which I clipped from Astoria’s Hipfish Magazine: “A good time to say ‘yes’ to adventure. Take yourself and your work to places they’ve never been. Meet at least one new person every...
In high school I loved working with numbers. They were so predictable, dependable, consistent and logical! I even considered, for a moment or two, majoring in mathematics in college. Ah, the road not taken… Why, I might have become an accountant! A genuine CPA! Maybe...
There’s a story about a man who liked feeling the rush of adrenalin when he dashed across traffic in the middle of the block. Naturally, the odds being what they are, the man eventually collided with a vehicle and was hospitalized with a skull fracture. Upon healing...
A year ago, while in Hawaii (see previous post), and in the midst of the break-up of my longest relationship in 20 years, I determined that I needed at least a full year alone to “work on myself.” A time for grieving the passing of that relationship, of course, but...
