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Writin’ for Bean Counters

Other WritingApril 18, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

They were a lovely group. Very nice. Professional, of course. Even--well, given that they were "bean counters"--actually a bit fun to work with. While this link doesn't do justice to the volume of newsletters I managed for this organization over nearly a decade (alas, the org never posted all their newsletters online), here are some of…

Conking

MemoriesApril 12, 2020875Views 0Likes 0Comments

We have a family tradition of conking Easter eggs and having a friendly competition about it. My mother figured out how we could carry on the tradition by zoom, so she set about making the eggs and naming them, almost like WWW fighters. Turn the sound DOWN as there’s a bit of screeching on our end.…

Nooooooooooooo!

My books ... and bitsApril 10, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Fourteen minutes away is my next ride. I take it. I’m in a part of Baltimore now that I’ve not been in before. It’s out of the city center, out of the area with fancy hipster bars and restaurants. The small, old, same-same houses are still dense and tightly connected, as they are in the…

The TP scare of 2020

Tips for an Orderly LifeMarch 16, 2020880Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the "TP Scare of 2020," I think it's a great opportunity for Americans (in particular) to examine their default expectations about the availability of resources ... and how much of those resources they currently use without thought or consideration. I'd heard, a good decade or more ago, that hands down, American women use vastly more…

RIP, Sweet Caroline

Things I PonderFebruary 15, 2020844Views 0Likes 0Comments

Who are we to say when it is, or isn't, someone's time to go? Who are we to say we know how someone should or shouldn't exit this world? And who are we to know the bigger mysteries of life and death? These are questions that come to me as I ponder and feel into the…

2019: A year of getting out of my comfort zone

Stories big and smallJanuary 24, 2020832Views 0Likes 0Comments

Happy (Lunar) New Year, ya rats! (Though this story is about 2019, the year of the pig.) As I look back on this year, a clear theme emerges: Getting out of my comfort zone! The TL;DR version — and this is a long post — is this: I moved three times in ten months;…

Stories without words

UncategorizedJanuary 9, 2020594Views 0Likes 0Comments

I love ballet. Love it. I didn't know I loved ballet until but a few years ago when I went to see Matthew Bourne's Cinderella at the Kennedy Center. And then I saw his rendition of Swan Lake. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. Well, raving about Matthew Bourne's ballets is one thing. (Go see one if you have a…

No wrong turns

SynchronicitiesDecember 31, 2019956Views 0Likes 0Comments

Yesterday, while out driving, I thought I made a wrong turn. It was an easy fix and I knew what to do, but when I made the “wrong turn” this is what I saw: A complete and full, beautiful, vibrant rainbow... One of the most vibrant rainbows I’ve seen in years. #NoWrongTurns #JustLife #AlwaysSeeTheMagic Happy new…

Flat tire

My books ... and bitsNovember 14, 2019927Views 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. My next ride is to ferry a woman from her home to her tutoring gig (her car has a flat tire) at a nearby learning academy. She’s thin, a mom of two, married, Black, mid-30s and delightfully smart. She’s getting her Master’s degree in education and plans…

Fire by the water

ExperiencesOctober 20, 2019715Views 0Likes 0Comments

Super lovely party in Annapolis last night. Cj and I have had, from the get-go and still do today, some sort of party-throwing magic going on: he's got the fabulous home, yard and waterfront space, and he's great at getting the party space set up and rallying friends to come help. I've got the hostessing…

Early days FB strategy and policy

Other WritingSeptember 30, 2019958Views 0Likes 0Comments

For the near-ubiquity social media as a phenomenon, and most certainly a force, experiences today in 2022, it wasn't always this way. As a matter of fact, it wasn't always this way not too long ago. Like 2011, for the sake of this story. For This reason and That I found myself in the role of "social…

Got a Spare Million?

Other WritingSeptember 16, 20191KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There are Dear John, Dear Friends of XYZ Cause and even Dear Abby letters, but have you ever seen a "Dear Millionaire" letter? I wrote this direct mail piece for a small-but-mighty residential youth program looking to run a capital campaign to build a new residence for the young men in their program. Got a Spare Million?…