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The Apple Lady

SynchronicitiesOctober 1, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Sooooo, back in the early '90s I ran a small desktop publishing firm, offering a variety of services under that umbrella: Do The Write Thing. One day, this amazing woman walked through my door and the two of us had a hard time staying focused on the task at hand to support her business, The Apple…

Generations & mask wearing

GenerationsAugust 8, 2020958Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you’ve been finding yourself stymied, stumped and simply stopped dead in conversations about the importance of mask wearing and physical distancing, perhaps tuning into generational nuances will help move the conversation along. Here are some broad-stroke perspectives to consider when talking with members of each generation. The Ultra Elders, the Silent Generation The Silent…

Podcast Interviews with “Not So Millennial” and “Splice”

GenerationsAugust 8, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When I saw the podcast show title--the Not-So-Millennial Podcast--I just had to check it out. That soon led to an interview with the show’s host, Brianna Shelko, who describes her show as -- “We’re bridging the gap in the workplace between boomers, gen Xers and millennials with our new podcast series, not-so-millennial podcast. Our podcast…

And so it begins

ExperiencesAugust 3, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

We were all once little, nascent beings, completely in the world and realm of our parents and caregivers. This photo of my mom with her first born (me) makes me smile. No sweet, poised photos by a professional photographer were ever taken of this precious time in both our lives. Just some Kodak moment or two or…

Lines

Burning Man, Little BitsJuly 8, 20201KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When searching online for an image of people in a line, I found this image. Le sigh, for those of you who recognize what this is. 'Tis not to be this year. When you do go, check this out.

Uber Chronicles book interview with Sakura Publishing

My books ... and bitsJune 30, 20202KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Uber Chronicles? What’s that about? I drive for Uber (here and there) and I write about each and every one of my passengers. Some stories are shorter, some are longer, but I do write about each passenger and my interaction with them. I’ve noticed with some other books from Uber drivers a tendency to cherry pick…

Accept to be accepted

Little BitsMay 14, 20202KViews 0Likes 0Comments

If I want someone to accept me for who I am, I need to accept them for who they are.

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, 20201KViews 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, 20201KViews 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, 20201KViews 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…