Tryna figure out if a message someone sent me really happened or if I dreamed it.
So many tools, platforms and options to consider. Was it an email message I read? Or one on Linkedin? Maybe it was Facebook, or a text? And if it was email, which? (I have a few.) Or, maybe it was…
It's an interesting thing to witness -- how much the world changes, especially in the course of one's own lifetime. Some changes are huge and grand such as a nation's boundaries redrawn through war or peace, or a new technology (for me, handheld GPS) that changes Everything. Many changes are small and incremental, but add…
Some articles I write flow.
Others, erg, don't.
Yet deadlines loom and publications need to go press (legit, this article on my plate is for a print newspaper), and so I go on.
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In looking for an image to go with this post, an old typewriter popped into mind.
I actually did elementary, middle-school and high-school homework on a…
Ever one to dive into a rabbit hole, l've been pursuing, more diligently of late, a hobby--a thing, a something I like to do, and that is the making of balms and salves, most particularly, though by no means exclusively, infused, pain-relieving balms.
In making these various balms, I've been on a hunt for essential oils.
It…
I love this time of year. To me, it's Broth-for-Breakfast, Broth-for-Lunch, Broth-for-a-Snack, Broth-for-a-Late-Night-Somethin' Season! It's time for broth!
Broth
Broth
Broth!
I write this post as one who feels fairly confident in making broth. Maybe not your definition of broth. Maybe not some fancy chef's. But I can pump out some pretty good drink-your-vegetables savory rich broth-y-soup-y concoctions. Smooth.…
How cool is this?
A neighbor edged their grass near where a municipal tree had been removed the year prior.
And then this happened!
If you've watched The Mandalorian (and I hope you have), there are so many sweet moments between Mando/Din and Grogu.
S1, E4, Mando has Grogu in his ship and says to him as he keeps pushing buttons,"Stop touching things," so you know -- you just know! -- Grogu has to "touch things." …
Abso-abso-lutely lovely show.
Zombies, a small English town, BBC, a great musical score, a rising, a reconciliation.
I felt quite touched by the issues brought up in In The Flesh, the acting, the music, the "real-ness" of the issues inside the insane-ness of the circumstances.
Just lovely. Could have binged and munched on more seasons for sure.
#intheflesh
#inthefleshbbc
This year's make-it-happen pumpkin, complements of my mom's (Eileen's) amazing creativity and cleverness.
One over-large zucchini from the garden.
Ears and nose tip, by way of a large jalapeño pepper from the garden.
Eyes, dried cloves.
Tongue, the tip of a red jalapeño pepper.
Boo!
I was listening this afternoon--for the umpteenth time--to Neil Howe's tome on generational cycles and our current era, The Fourth Turning is Here, as he was discussing the cyclical and repeating nature of immigration to the U.S., which, since its founding (and reaching back to Western Europe and the War of the Roses) has experienced…
As Google turns 25 this week, let us pause to consider how VASTLY different our lives are from this site/tool/service/company, that is if you're old enough to know The Time Before.
And let us consider that while your brain--and society-wants you to think of Gen Xers as a small, do-little generation, it's important to remember how…
Back when I was 20 years old and freshly landed in San Francisco after a life of idyllic suburban living and a whirlwind cross-country--and back--trip with two rather hippy-oriented young women, I found myself in need of employment.
There wasn't so much "employment" for young Xers then as this was the beginning of an era of…