As my friend Martha from law school used to say, "I am busier than a high-fiving, one-armed paperhanger!" Well, actually Martha used to attribute other activities to the paper hanger's free hand, but I cleaned it up for general consumption. Regardless, you get the point - I am REALLY busy. This busy thing is not [...]
Tag: life
Learning curve…
I must say that parenting definitely has a learning curve. This is particularly true when you can manage to get just shy of 18 years in between child one and child four. By the time you roll on into child four you should be a seasoned pro...not perfect (is this whole parenting thing ever an [...]
Play at your own risk…
The well-known photographer Cecil Beaton said, “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” That wasn't just a euphemistic suggestion on Cecil's part designed to encourage others to pursue their hopes, dreams and [...]
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 [...]
Carbert – if only…
I had a realization the other day - my summer "vacation" is two-thirds over. How did this happen? What is this phenomenon wherein the things you love go quickly and the things you do not love so much trudge along as if you are walking through swamp muck? I don't fully get it. Didn't Einstein [...]
Always be ready to have the time of your life…
On Thursday evening I had a rare opportunity to have a girls' night in Bismarck with two pals - Jeanine and Mary. Some things are just good for the soul...an evening laughing and carousing with girlfriends is one such thing. To be able to share stories and insight and advice ~ all mixed up in [...]
Play for Keeps!
I saw a sports headline the other day that said, "Play for Keeps!" I didn't read the story, but it triggered a thought in me that has been in my mind ever since about the effort we put into things in our lives. This is a recurring theme for me - one I revisit in [...]
THE NEW FORTY 