I noticed this morning that the farewell song the children sang in The Sound of Music was stuck in my mind and I was outwardly humming it in a happy, sing-song way. There is my subconscious at work...doing a mental wrap on the events of 2011 and pleasantly bidding it adieu. Not that 2011 was a [...]
The courage of my conviction…
I do not possess strong opinions on all things. Indeed, on some things I am decidely malleable. Frankly, there are plenty of things I don't know or care enough about to allow me to fairly generate a strong opinion. The things that I have strong opinions on that I believe to the core of my being - [...]
Live imperfectly with great delight.
I have been a fan of Leigh Standley's work for a few years now. Leigh is the artist behind Curly Girl Design. I have shared her work before in my blog as it both amuses and speaks to me. If you have not yet visited Curly Girl Design's website, I encourage you to take a [...]
The trouble with skimming…
Years ago my parents sent me to a speed reading class. It was quite the craze in my high school days to be able to speed read. There is likely a whole legion of speed reader graduates in the new forty who have used their crazy speed reading skills to get ahead in life. The thing I [...]
Cruel realitities…
My license plate reads IDEALST, but when it comes to the cruel realities of crime in our society I am very much a realist. I am acutely aware of the heinous things that sick and deviant people will visit upon innocent others - particularly children. That is why I have been labeled by Cheyenne as the meanest [...]
Call me Nancy Drew…
A brown Christmas and spring-like temperatures - what in the world is going on here? Somehow, the Fargo area seems to be sitting in a relative weather bubble - and folks are enjoying (or lamenting - depending on who you are) weather that is very un-Fargo like for this time of year. The risk of a [...]
More important than presents…
On this day - Christmas Day 2011 - my wish for all of you is not for presents, but instead for presence. By that I mean both the presence of others near and dear to you and your own sense of presence in the moments that will make up your holiday. At this time of year, [...]
THE NEW FORTY 