Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
Urban Adventure Gal
Tweet: OMG! Get ready, there’s a mechanical bull in our future!!
It always starts with a tweet, I’m much more adventurous when I’m writing something and sending it off into the nothingness of social media. But then I realize, there it [...]
A Big No-No Becomes a Big Oh Yes, You Better
The power of daydreaming
Lost in thought I am meandering down a misty path from my childhood. Echoes of powdery scented schoolmarms in the carefully contained prettiness of Aqua-Net hairdos wear home-sewn dresses from the latest Vogue pattern, [...]
WILD: Book Review
Despite its cover art of a boot with red laces,
WILD is not a hiking book. Cheryl Strayed’s gritty memoir takes us on the only possible journey that will save her life after her mother loses hers.
Strayed goes wild in her early twenties [...]
And The Triple Crown Goes To…
Not to a horse. Of course.
Apologies to Big Brown, Smarty Jones, Funny Circle and War Emblem, but what you four couldn’t do in horse racing in the past ten years, Miguel Cabrera accomplished in Major League Baseball for the first time in 45 [...]
One Presidential Candidate Will Lose the Election
How we can begin to prepare for loss
In less than three months, we will have our annual Presidential election. By then, Mitt and Barak will have criss-crossed America and filled our minds with facts, feelings and funny (and some not-so-funny) [...]
An Introvert Recovery Plan to Manage Your Extroverted Times: House Guests, Traveling or Holidays
Clarify introvert and extrovert traits before you read another article about what you think you know about the label.
Inherent in the most accurate definitions, all experts agree that the difference between an introvert and an extrovert has [...]
Intuition: The Purest Form of Wisdom
Intuitive at age 6
Years ago, at 6 years of age, my son met a man I had been dating for several months for the first time. A proud mother, I watched the exchange between the two. I beamed as my son remembered all of his manners, made eye [...]
Bye Bye NFL Scab-erees!
Three months later…
The National Football League finally decides to end their preposterous, game integrity destroying, lockout of the NFL Referees Association early Thursday morning. After the three-month lockout, a new agreement is in [...]
5 Fashion Rules No Longer In Fashion
Never Wear White After Labor Day
Pish posh. I love white on white. It is elegant, chic, simple and rich. And if I am wearing a white shirt, white pants and it happens to be snowing? So be it! Bring it on, Jack Frost.
Shoes and Bags Must Match
Nice [...]
Dealing with Traumatic Memories
Crisis intervention
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news that America was attacked by terrorists? Generations before us knew where they were when FDR gave his D-Day speech and President Kennedy was assassinated.
Millions of [...]
Your Child’s Problem Behavior: Using Common Sense to Find the Best Solution
There is an old medical proverb that goes:
“When you hear hoof beats in the hallway, think horses, not zebras.” This means, of course, that we should use common sense and look for the expected cause first, rather than the exotic. This proverb [...]
One, Two, Three…Fantasy!
The NFL is back in action.
You know what that means! Every wannabe general manager’s wet dream has come true. Fantasy football has arrived. The teams have been drafted, clever names have been chosen and the season’s first smack has been [...]
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