I just this morning returned from a short, but very fun trip to Philadelphia - the City of Brotherly Love - and yes, sir...I felt the love. I have much to share about my trip (to include an outing with the irrepressible Philly Kim), but a good night's sleep is required before I can provide [...]
Author: Ms. C
Mean people suck!
Years ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car in California that read: Mean people suck! Nice people swallow. I have never forgotten that bumper sticker. Now I realize it is intended to have an additional meaning...a meaning that I will not be visiting in my blog today. I have to tell you, in [...]
A room with a view – worth the price of admission?
As those folks who read my blog know, I have been working on my year two goal in the new forty (the best body ever) for about a month now. As part of my new goal I have been exercising a lot more - typically in my bedroom (although there are very few places in [...]
Jill rules…
One thing I had wholly forgotten about Southern California is the sheer number of radio stations that are accessible. I have been living in North Dakota so long that I had become accustomed to listening to a small handful of stations and had completely forgotten how many choices I used to have when I lived [...]
Are you kinder than a 5th grader?
I worked my way through a pile of papers on my desk the other day and at the bottom were Cheyenne's fifth grade work folder that I was saving to keep with her school memory book. I have to say flipping through those fifth grade memories made me a bit reminiscent and again reminded me [...]
Learning as one goes along…
"Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." ~Samuel Butler I love this quote and even more so, I live this quote. I am far from having this life thing mastered despite the fact that I have been practicing daily for half a century (OMG - did [...]
In the eye of the beholder…
Perceptions are funny things, especially when they are of ourselves. The way we perceive ourselves to be (self-image), the way we believe we are seen in the world (others image of us) and the way we are actually perceived by others are complicated paradigms that we universally experience as human beings. I remain fascinated by [...]
THE NEW FORTY 