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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?…

Somewhere, over the rainbow

SynchronicitiesJuly 7, 2019624Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes it’s the little moments in life, ja? Late this afternoon I was driving home from an event when I saw a sliver of a rainbow in the sky. Bright, colorful, but just a smidge. I needed to fill up my gas tank, so I pulled into a nearby station, ostensibly to get gas but, hopefully,…

Rockin’

ExperiencesJune 29, 2019976Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes the stars just align. And the moon, full and risen, lights the night. As Life would have it, I got to see Trevor Hall and Nahko (neither of whom I'd heard of before attending the concerts) at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Colorado. It was lovely, epic, wonderful, exquisite. I was with a group, on…

We’ve always known the foundation was rot

Things I PonderJune 2, 20191KViews 0Likes 0Comments

To all of my GenX friends here, it’s time to become — to acknowledge ourselves as — leaders. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a leader in politics on an issue of local national or international concern; if you organize your daughters’ swim team annual picnic; or if you’re on your community’s Neighborhood Watch team . What matters is that…

Manifesting toads

Little BitsApril 10, 20191KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Well this was most certainly an odd moment. I was sitting outside late one evening, talking with a woman I'd recently met. She started telling me how much she was afraid of toads and how there was a toad in her backyard that would always come out when she'd go out back for a smoke. It…

Connecting childhood & generational development

GenerationsApril 8, 2019722Views 0Likes 0Comments

While there are many phases of childhood development, we can take the 0-21 years of childhood and divide them into chunks of three for interesting insights into how generations are formed. 0-7 years old Me & Me Explosive growth Physical, cognitive, emotional, linguistic, social etc. Massive downloads 8-14 years…

Generations & the Four Phases of Life

GenerationsApril 8, 2019908Views 0Likes 0Comments

Generations, like people, move through four distinct phases of life, each of which is approximately 21 years in length. When people (and generations) transition from one phase of life to the next, society and culture shifts. Here’s a quick overview of these phases of life, looking at -- The approximate age for each phase…

What my friends say

My books ... and bitsFebruary 9, 20191KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Doubt I'm the first, nor will I be the last, writer to turn to friends to ask for a book review. Here's what some of my friends had to say after reading one (or more) of the Uber Chronicles' books. ~ You tell great stories! Keep them coming! My sister drives Uber & finds it entertaining…

Memory Lane with mom

MemoriesFebruary 2, 2019711Views 0Likes 0Comments

Awww. Here's me and my mom, Eileen. Back in the early days of my prior contra-dance obsession, at one of the themed balls (mid-aughts). Hah! I still have that gown, and I still wear it (including this past NYE), and it still is absolutely fabulous. (That gold stuff is a theme-related accessory of some sort; the…

Mama somethin’

Burning Man, ExperiencesJanuary 15, 20191KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Back in the day, when I was trying very much not to get a playa name (a nickname used in the Burning Man community), there was a moment. In this moment, I had my back to a group of campmates, when someone shouted out, "Hey, Mama J;" and I turned because I knew they were…

Earth, wind and fire

NatureDecember 16, 2018911Views 0Likes 0Comments

We can pretend we're all modern and sh*t. We can wall up in our houses, our structures, our vehicles. We can turn the heat on when it's cold and the AC on when it's hot. We can eat exotic fruit flown in from wherever during whatever month and think nothing of it. But, dang, there are…

Black Cab Chronicles Interview

My books ... and bitsDecember 6, 20181KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Reprint of an article posted on Writers Community UK. Can you tell us more about your book “Uber Chronicles: Field Notes from the Front Seat” What is it about? I started driving for Uber about six or seven months ago and soon on I felt compelled to tell the stories about what was happening in my car--who…