Category Archives: Blog
Fizzling
Seems most of us coming up in the world aspire to SIZZLING. We want to be… good looking sexy even smart, possibly the life of the party Do we make it? Do we acknowledge it? Do others tell us about … Continue reading
My Life Passed Before Me, But I Wasn’t Dead
My life flashed before me, but I wasn’t dead – or dying faster than anyone around me. Humorously – and mercifully – I’ve seen glimpses before. For example, I brought color into my yard, and the two 12-inch painted tin … Continue reading
Suffering
Do all people torment themselves about what they have not done, or should do or cannot do? First, we may have to eliminate people who are at a bare subsistence level. Or do they question themselves, too? I should have … Continue reading
Chopping Wood
When we traded our apartment in Los Angeles for what we affectionately call ‘affordable housing’ in the resort town of Sedona, Arizona, we looked forward to chopping wood and hauling water–filling our days with work romanticized to seem simpler, and … Continue reading
Cleaning House – Dr’s Orders
I heard an old wives’ tale a few years back, and it made some sense to me. The saying was, “Whatever state of order or disorder you are in as the new year rolls in will predict your entire year.” … Continue reading
Writing
I love to write – and I love to edit. There was a time when I preferred editing. I found it easier to correct, sharpen or “improve,” (according to the Bible of “me”) someone else’s brilliantly-crafted ideas. No compulsion in … Continue reading
Invisible Servant
When you volunteer to serve on a committee, commission or in the community, you tacitly surrender your own opinions, your ego and your survival of the fittest instincts. You may retain your education, life experience and perspective—all of which you … Continue reading
What Do You Do
Our Western society is tied to asking people, “What do you do?” Knowing another’s profession gives us a place to pigeon-hole the person, to attach to him or her all we’ve ever known, suspected or feared about people in that … Continue reading
What Does Anyone Know
You’re heard the saying People see what they want to see. Or its variant hear what they choose to hear. I’m not going to argue about the concept of choosing what we see or hear, but I am convinced we … Continue reading
Pomodoro
A few days ago, the Pomodoro technique was introduced to me by Lifehacker. Pomodoro is Italian for tomato. The technique was invented in the last century, 1992 to be precise. Similar to Interval Training for optimal physical fitness, the pomodoro … Continue reading