While I don’t make resolutions, I do make grander (almost resolution-like) life changes after long vacations. And these resolutions, uh changes, tend to stick. Continue reading
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I’m 50, Bitches!
Becoming 50 has spurred a reaffirmation of my life. New plans, clearer vision, and, admittedly, some adjusting of what I thought I knew have been the hallmark of the first three months of this milestone. Continue reading
Student Athletes Don’t Get Special Treatment
Student Athletes Don’t Get Special Treatment. This is worth reading! West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism has a new online magazine, Multiplicity. This article is one of quite a few great inaugural-edition articles. Please support the students by following them at http://wvmultiplicitymag.com/ Continue reading
A Cease and Desist Order for 50 Somethings
1). Stop wearing stilettos unless you are capable of walking as gracefully after lunch as you are when you first put them on in the morning. A 50-something colleague of mine walks like a drunk after half a day in her designer footwear. Clearly not comfortable. Certainly not attractive. 2). Stop stuffing yourself into clothes … Continue reading
Why Are You Here?
I believe the difference between a job and a career can be determined by the answer to one question: Why am I here? I have a multitude of reasons for being in my present position. 1) the obvious “love of children”, 2) the desire to have a hand in the creation of future adults that … Continue reading
education / emotional health / lifestyle / planning / Style
Bring it On!
Ringing in 2013 will be both celebration and meditation for me today. The menu is made, the groceries purchased, clothes laid out, house cleaned, and the plan for entertaining is set. It is 8:00 am on December 31 -time to reflect on 2012 and project into 2013. I do not make new years resolutions. An … Continue reading
Come Together
So Starbucks is having their baristas write “come together” on customers’ cups to prompt congress to take action on the fiscal cliff. Corporate America wanting government to act in their interest is no surprise, but the personal handwriting of the employees on the cups gives the impression of a grass roots movement – something many … Continue reading
