Humility

Five months of 2010 are now complete, and I am facing the demoralizing fact that I am less than happy with the status of my health and fitness progress this year. The first three months were great. I exercised at least an hour, usually more, every single day, followed...

Harebrained

You know, sometimes I come across a word in print that I swear I’ve never seen written before. Last week it was harebrained. I paused, contemplated the spelling, reread and evaluated the context (fictional character Stephanie Plum is a harebrained bounty hunter),...

Bonus Bloglet

Yes, yes, I KNOW today’s an even-numbered day, but this can’t wait! Today and tomorrow, May 28 and 29, I’ll be at the Long Beach Grange Hall hawking my books at their Memorial Weekend Sale. This sale is in conjunction with “The World’s...

Snippets

I have nine voice mail messages saved for quite some time on my answering machine. Some of them date back about a year. To replay them from time to time is like looking through my photo albums. The messages always make me smile. I guess I’m a little more sentimental...

Pass it on!

The Peninsula Women in Business (PWIB) group met at my home for an “After Hours” social event two weeks ago. One of the women arrived a little late, coming through the door with much aplomb, a big smile on her face and (unopened) wine bottle in hand. As I handed her a...