Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” — Zig Ziglar First, I am horrible at self-promotion. All my Minnesota-Lutheran-Introvertedness trembles at the thought of mentioning my art and its availability for sale. Somehow I want you to say you love/want/will buy my creative work instead of me blathering on about… Read More
Cheri Holm is the type of woman who gets things done. On the day I visited her business, Cheri’s Flower Basket, customers were ordering flowers, shopping women’s clothing, and perusing her impressive selection of handmade fudge (Real cream! Real butter!). Cheri flitted from task to task, question to question, as efficiently as a hummingbird gathering nectar. It’s not easy to… Read More
“Most of the things that stop us aren’t things that we can’t do, but things we refuse to learn.” ― James Woosley First I’d like to give a huge, uncomfortably long, group-hug to ya’ll for the love you sent my husband and me during his stint in the hospital and beyond. The way life can change in a moment leaves… Read More
“There was a red button on the wall labelled EMERGENCY, but no button labelled BEWILDERMENT.” ― Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things My husband does not like going to the hospital, and yet here he was, waiting for the emergency room doctor to appear. It was early Saturday morning. My husband’s leg was blood red, hot, with his… Read More
Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit nervous That the best of all the years have gone by Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit terrified And then I see the look in your eyes Turnaround bright eyes, but every now and then I fall apart Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I… Read More
“In the old pre-technology days, it would have been almost impossible to replicate Facebook or Twitter. The closest you could get would be to mail dozens of postcards a day to everybody you know, each with a brief message about yourself like: “Finally got that haircut I’ve been putting off.” Or: “Just had a caramel frappuccino. Yum!” The people receiving… Read More
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White “Twirl!” Each night I train our dog, Booker. And by train I mean shamelessly plead with him to do a few simple tricks before rewarding him with a treat… or ten. Depending… Read More
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe Valentine’s Day. Be it spent with a partner, a friend, a lover, or alone, may love rule… Read More
“To be alive is to be dizzy and not to know exactly where to go.” ― Ander Monson Turning my head to observe whatever mischief our cat, Giese, was into, caused the room to swirl and sway. My dance with vertigo had started the day before and was apparently not ready to call it quits just yet. If you’ve ever… Read More
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. –From an Irish headstone” He sat in the front row, head bent forward, listening as the chaplain ‘s eulogy both soothed and disturbed his blessed mental fog. His wife was gone. Too soon. Too young. Seated next to the man were his two sons,… Read More
