Want to know one of the things that kills me about shopping at Costco? Watching people drive around trying to find a parking spot close to the entrance. I’ve seen people wait for 5 minutes or more for a spot. A spot close to the entrance. When there are lots of parking spots a little…
And just like that, August is over! The summer break is done, and my schedule will be full again. Rehearsals. Choir. It’s all starting back up again. Because it will be so busy, I’ve decided on my priorities for September: I’m hoping to learn my lines for The Game’s Afoot by the end of September.…
At the end of each month, I like to splurge. It’s kind of like a cheat day. I weigh myself every day. Except when I’m out of town. So, on the last day of the month… After I weigh myself in the morning… I splurge by eating. A lot! Food, glorious food! Because what I…
This is a tidbit from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newsletter from a couple of months ago. We all get stressed now and then. It’s inevitable. Most of us figure out ways to deal with the stress in our lives. But it can overwhelm us. And blossom into anxiety. Most of the time, our stressors are things that…
I’ve never understood the need for some people to attack others that are different from them. I don’t understand the targeted violence against people that are sexually different. What is the threat? I’m not referring to pedophilia or any type of abusive relationships. I’m referring to love or sex between consenting adults. Why do the…
While at the cottage, Deb and I sleep in a bedroom with two twin beds. That’s our usual bedroom. It’s upstairs and close to the bathroom. There’s another bedroom upstairs, and it has a queen size bed. But that’s my cousin’s bedroom. And there’s a bedroom downstairs with a queen size bed. But there’s no…
At my previous job, there were often restructuring events. Groups of people were let go at once. I survived a bunch of these. But I never took my survival for granted. After the first round, I created a file. It was a checklist for things that I needed to do in case I was let…
We were able to spend six days at my cousin’s cottage. And in that time, we also got to spend time with all three of our kids and their partners. What a gift. Our kids didn’t arrive or leave at the same times, but there was some cross-over. So all the siblings got to see…
I was talking with a friend about raising kids. If you have children. And you have more than one child, you see firsthand that they come with their own “stuff”. Nurture vs Nature? It’s a mix. But with a heavier helping of “nature”. In Kahlil Gibran’s poem On Children he says: They come through you…
There’s something about sitting on the dock of my cousin’s cottage and looking out at the lake. In the morning. Before the busy-ness of the day begins. It’s quiet. You can hear some birds. Some bugs. But mostly, you hear the stillness. It’s peaceful. Glorious. Calming. I want to soak it in. To bottle it…
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