Photo collage by Small Talk Communications “Our true person is outside of time and space. I’m every age I’ve ever been and so are you.” Anne Lamott If age is just a number, we should be able to pic…
You won’t always stick the landing. Change is hard. It’s also inescapable. Growth, however, is optional. Courtesy of Wallpaper Flare Sometimes we choose change; sometimes it chooses us.…
Pandemics have a nasty habit of making us question things we take for granted. When life seems a whole lot more fragile, words become a lot more important. Don’t let the right ones get away. image …
Signs of the pandemic times. In our neighborhoods, in the city, in our own homes, signs are all around us that we are ‘not in Kansas’ these difficult days. We are physically separated but together …
Kindness costs nothing. Sprinkle that shit everywhere. What seems like a very long time ago, I walked into a boutique advertising agency and asked if they were hiring. There was no job open…
ODE TO JOE'S How do I love Trader Joe’s? Let me count the ways. Their flyer alone is like a vintage black and white comic book for foodies. I suspect you could gain weight by simply leafing through the decadent flyer! #advertising #writing #flowerchildren #grocery #Organic #TraderJoes #Zen #food
By the time the clock strikes Christmas Eve, most of us have watched more than our fair share of holiday movies. Thanksgiving weekend alone, the annual kickoff for all things merry, aired enough sa…
“I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of,…
I’ve been a goner for an elbow shaped piece of land called Cape Cod since I was 6 years old. It’s always been my happy place. I’m pretty sure, that in less than 5 minutes of meeting me, you’d…
They say the secret to having it all – is knowing you already do. But it’s the knowing that often escapes us. Thanksgiving is a pretty good time to put on our grateful glasses and think about what …
Everyone has baggage. Everyone. Some carry bags as small as coin purses; others the size of a dumpster. While I’d like to say mine is wallet size, given a long, complicated life, it’s probably more…
It all started so innocently. Curiosity is a gateway to becoming a chronic Ancestry addict, chasing down roots and unheard of relatives. If that wasn’t bad enough, along comes DNA testing. Somewher…
They say the secret to having it all – is knowing you already do. But it’s the knowing that often escapes us. Thanksgiving is a pretty good time to put on our grateful glasses and think about what …
Humans don’t come with interchangeable parts. Sure, we can switch things up, like that nose and chin that came with your original birthday suit. But, if you opt for more deluxe models or major twea…
“We all gotta die sometime” Falsettos Well, that’s a cheery thought. It might sound rudely uncomfortable, but mortality gets pretty real as we cross middle age. Somewhere along our birthday l…
I. SEE. YOU. Never confuse “I see you” with “I hear ya’. Nope. That’s a whole other aspect of understanding, and a pretty casual one at that. Really ‘seeing’ someone x-rays the person beneath loneliness, grief, even the smiles we wear before the world. #Avatar #beyourself #Iseeyou #relationships #respect #unconditionallove #validation, #VelveteenRabbit #psychology
My father died last week . . . at 94. His left behind 3 living children, 10 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren — and a boatload of complicated emotions. To be honest, this a tough post to write.…
HELLO . . . I’m __________. Imagine those cheery little ID stickers with descriptors like “Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty Person” after our names. We’d be instantly busted as…
Confetti and noisemakers are so yesterday. But maybe that’s just me.; party animal was never in my DNA. Luckily, my husband was also more into cozy over carnival New Year festivities. Except …
I’m not old. Ha! But, if a woman’s best years are between 39 and 40, I’m way past my expiration date. On the other hand, as Marianne Williamson said, “You might be depressed you’re no longer young.…
So, what’s your story? Huh? Come on, everyone has one; the trick is knowing the naked, authentically real story, not the sanitized one we’ve been telling ourselves for years. Your one true story is…
“Are you listening?” That was a pretty reasonable question to ask my 94 year old father who hated his hearing aids. But when that question is asked of you, it’s time to either check your hearing— …
Everything Happens for a Reason . . . and other fairytales.
We look for reasons everywhere. We try to justify why the world, and the people in it, behaves as it does. We become scarred and scared by experiences that seem to happen for no reason whatsoever. …
Photo collage by Small Talk Communications “Our true person is outside of time and space. I’m every age I’ve ever been and so are you.” Anne Lamott If age is just a number, we should be able to pic…
You won’t always stick the landing. Change is hard. It’s also inescapable. Growth, however, is optional. Courtesy of Wallpaper Flare Sometimes we choose change; sometimes it chooses us.…
Pandemics have a nasty habit of making us question things we take for granted. When life seems a whole lot more fragile, words become a lot more important. Don’t let the right ones get away. image …
Once we’ve dialed back the epidemic, what will we bring to the world it left behind? Photo by Branimir Balogović on Unsplash What is ‘the good life’? Everyone defines it differently. For me, …
Signs of the pandemic times. In our neighborhoods, in the city, in our own homes, signs are all around us that we are ‘not in Kansas’ these difficult days. We are physically separated but together …
The world, as we know it, will change. So will we. Photo by Claire Mueller, UnSplash Change is pretty much innate to living. No matter how evolved and enlightened we think we are, nothing is more i…
Raising kids is not a walk in the park. They keep you young, they keep you humble — and they call you on your crap. “A hundred years from now it won’t matter what sort of house I lived in, or kind …
Kindness costs nothing. Sprinkle that shit everywhere. What seems like a very long time ago, I walked into a boutique advertising agency and asked if they were hiring. There was no job open…
ODE TO JOE'S How do I love Trader Joe’s? Let me count the ways. Their flyer alone is like a vintage black and white comic book for foodies. I suspect you could gain weight by simply leafing through the decadent flyer! #advertising #writing #flowerchildren #grocery #Organic #TraderJoes #Zen #food
By the time the clock strikes Christmas Eve, most of us have watched more than our fair share of holiday movies. Thanksgiving weekend alone, the annual kickoff for all things merry, aired enough sa…
“I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of,…
I’ve been a goner for an elbow shaped piece of land called Cape Cod since I was 6 years old. It’s always been my happy place. I’m pretty sure, that in less than 5 minutes of meeting me, you’d…
They say the secret to having it all – is knowing you already do. But it’s the knowing that often escapes us. Thanksgiving is a pretty good time to put on our grateful glasses and think about what …
Everyone has baggage. Everyone. Some carry bags as small as coin purses; others the size of a dumpster. While I’d like to say mine is wallet size, given a long, complicated life, it’s probably more…
It all started so innocently. Curiosity is a gateway to becoming a chronic Ancestry addict, chasing down roots and unheard of relatives. If that wasn’t bad enough, along comes DNA testing. Somewher…
