She woke up fuzzy and tired. Scuttled over to the semi-dark kitchen wrapped up in doubt. For sure she knew she needed coffee. However, she needed something more. She jumped into the shower and took the grime off. She shut her mind and let the heat soak into […]
A long time ago, I got an early morning call from someone who needed a bit of help. It was a very early morning call. And, the help need was grand. I wiped my eyes and listened intently. And I did a double-take. They had been arrested. Once […]
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” -Socrates We are in a turbulent sea of change. No ifs, no buts about it. Change came, went, and came back for more. Change cane hungry, even ravenous. […]
Often we wish people a good morning or a good evening. At this point, I don’t even know what that may mean. At times, they just seem to be empty phrases. Rote. They come out of our mouths before we even realize that we are stating these we […]
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This past week while walking the city streets of New York, I came across a large gathering while the helicopters buzzed above. They circled and circled making me a bit nervous. Was there a new protest? Was there a fatal incident? What was happening? Turns out that a […]
Many moons ago, I came across the word “satisficer”. I love words and collecting them. I throw them into my memory bank and I pepper those words in certain conversation salads just to play around. Mind you, this is not the same as using fancy GRE or $10 […]
Here we go again. Another national holiday in the midst of a pandemic. Another time we should be rejoicing. Yet, our nerves are a bit frayed. Do we really want to think about our weekend plans? I most certainly do not care to. We are in constant negotiation […]
There are occasionally those days where nothing goes right. It happens. You roll with it. Sometimes you can even steel yourself against such days. There are also those days where one thing is supposed to occur and it doesn’t happen. It saddens you a bit. Thriws you off. […]
For the last four years or so, I have chosen my own word of the year. Proactively. Meaning that I select a word at year’s end for the upcoming year. It’s an aspirational or directional word. For this year the word I chose aas actually a phrase. It […]
