Selling IT
Over the weekend I was checking my social media. I’ve recently found a new fascination with the dressed-up-chicks videos. A bunch of baby chickens dressed in colorful outfits and silly antics really crack me up. There’s not enough laughter these days; the world has become an overly serious place, and baby chicks wearing snorkels and…Read More
Compatibility
I was recently surprised to learn someone with whom I crossed paths on occasion passed away. Having distanced myself, purposely, from the shared connection, I really had no reason to keep up with the deceased, although his recent divorce, quite public and published, kept his personal life in the news for some time. In many…Read More
Getting Handsy
Except for writing, I have forever been a hands-on fumbler. Anyone who looks behind the pictures hanging on my walls can see that my knack for home improvement is lacking: there are more holes than a whack-a-mole gameboard. The irony is that I come from a long line of home improvement, construction savvy ancestors who…Read More
Kissgate
The internet is currently ablaze with the very public outing of a CEO who was caught behaving badly in a very open forum. When discovered, the executive issued a half-baked apology that seemingly blamed others for invading his private (affair) moment and exploiting his personal business. Like the rest of social network society, I initially…Read More
Living in Reverse
The traditional path is a worm out one. Perhaps that is just my excuse (justification) for doing life, well, backwards. As I sit this morning in one of my favorite Latin breakfast locales, waiting for my recently adopted rescue husky to finish her “spaw” day, I am slowly sipping on my mega chai latte and…Read More
Quiet Moments
If you or anyone you know has taken the long, winding, and often lonely road to healing, you naturally understand the difficulty of the journey. While everyone’s experience is different, the theme is often the same. You learn to be quiet. I’m not talking about becoming a monk who takes a vow of silence; rather…Read More