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Sometimes you have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down. In the new forty that is what I am doing – building my wings.

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The best gifts…

December 23, 2013 Ms. CLeave a comment

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Barbara Johnson, christmas, commercialization, compassion, friendship, gift, holiday season, kindness, love, people, Rose Marie Velarde

Fundamentally Female!

August 16, 2013 Ms. CLeave a comment

Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, B-Dubya, Barbara Wang, book, Fertile, Fundamentally Female, gift, Humor, Joy, Minnesota, Renee Rongen, wisdom, women

A joyous cry…

July 28, 2012 Ms. C1 Comment

Barbara Wang made me cry and rejoice the other day.  The tears weren't bad ones - they weren't even big ones.  They were the kind of tears that well up in your eyes when your heart smiles so big that it leaks out of your eyes.  It was more than a happy cry - it was [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged B-Dubya, Barbara Wang, cheyenne, friendship, gift, gratitude, happiness, Joy, kindness

Flawed, funky, and on occasion, fabulous!

July 5, 2012 Ms. C2 Comments

Three years - or in The New Forty count - one thousand and ninety-five days.  Whoa.  I need to step back and take a breath. I really wasn't sure if I had it in me at the outset.  Ah, but the proof is in the pudding.  Apparently, there is all kinds of "stuff" in me [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged B-Dubya, birthday, blog, blogging, gift, goals, gratitude, the new forty

Crisis averted by the push of a button…

January 6, 2011 Ms. C1 Comment

Well, my Christmas present from the kids is now complete - my auto start has been installed.  No more getting all bundled up to go outside to start the car.  From here on out it is one push of a button while looking out my front window inside my house...one push of a button and [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged auto start, car, children, gift, Humor

A red coat day…

December 8, 2010 Ms. C5 Comments

Today was a red coat day.  I didn't know that at the day's beginning; indeed, it didn't become a red coat day until 10:20 AM this morning.  I have never had a red coat day before.  Something about red and my hair...I always feared that was too much competition in the warm end of the [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged friends, gift, kindness, life, Patty Corwin, red coat, thoughtfulness

Leap fearlessly…

July 18, 2010 Ms. CLeave a comment

My friends and colleagues, Jessica and Dustin (also known more recently as the parents of Piper), gave me a fabulous plaque for my birthday and in doing so introduced me to my new favorite artist - Kelly Rae Roberts.  Demdaco features a whole collection of this amazing woman's work at their site. Above is a [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged friends, gift, jessica and dustin, kally rae roberts, living

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