Saturday was an amazing day!
The morning was spent running errands with my husband, the noontime hour was spent sitting on my front steps reading a good novel, and the afternoon was spent having tea with friends.
Ahhhh…
Wait a minute… I don’t drink tea. I don’t like tea. What was I doing spending a Saturday afternoon […]
Today’s message on my “Applause” perpetual calendar reads:
Stay current, not canned ~ Florence Littauer
This quote is directly related to the profession of public speaking, but I think it works pretty well as a personal philosophy, too.
For speakers, the quotation means to keep your presentations fresh. Don’t rely on familiar but outdated statistics, news events, etc. […]
One of the blogs I read regularly is called “Everyday Courage.”
Saturday’s entry about the physical manifestations of fear really struck a chord with me. Read Amanda Murphy’s epiphany…
Not because I’ve noticed a pattern in my own behaviors (but I’m sure some of my close friends have!) but because I’ve seen similar patterns in friends […]
Election Day 2006 is behind us. Phew!
Whether you are happy or disheartened by the results, the choices have been made. The people have spoken. Now we all get to play the “wait and see” game.
Will the changes in government leadership make a difference? Will the leaders and policies we kept in place carry out their […]
Growing up I never learned the importance of voting. My parents were registered “independents” but I don’t know if they ever actually registered to vote or if they wanted to lay claim to being open-minded and independent thinking. One thing I’m fairly certain of, though, is that neither one of them ever voted.
After every election […]
I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting an update on my visit to the dentist. Okay, you haven’t been… in fact, you forgot about it didn’t you? One friend remembered and actually laughed at me about it “Nah nah nah nah nah… you have to go to the dentist today.” (You know who you are, Liz!). […]
I’m just going to say it… my dance skills are pathetic… at best. I have no rhythm and when I get out on the dance floor I keep losing the beat. Well, that’s not true… I never found it to begin with.
This morning a friend shared a video about the Evolution of Dance. This 6-minute […]
Last week Mike Harris, a good friend of mine, performed his Mike Harris & Friends (a one-man show) program at a church in Saco, Maine.
He borrowed my digital recorder so that he’d be able to create an audio CD of this show. Our goal was to have a great CD he could sell during […]
Last spring on a mini-roadtrip from the southern coast of Maine to northern Vermont I listened to an audio book titled Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel.
The book identifies common mistakes and offers advice to help women get ahead in their […]
Today’s entry may fall in the TMI or “too much information” category. My apologies in advance. But it’s a concept I’ve been pondering lately as I rake leaves, climb on that dratted treadmill, and sort through piles of papers in an attempt to find my desk.
The concept is: Focus on the pleasure not the pain. […]