Last weekend I saw this remarkable movie titled Hidden Figures about three women of color who were instrumental to NASA and our race to put a man on the moon. It was an inspiring story and yet it made me hopping mad that it took this many years to acknowledge the contributions of these amazing… Read More Hidden Treasures

Brrrrrr….It is unseasonably cold here in the Pacific Northwest. The other day it was -1 degrees and all I want to do right now is burrow under my down comforter with a good book.  Fortunately, I have a very big queue on my kindle because I’ve been buying books like mad lately. That got me… Read More A Book Budget….Nah…Why Would I Do That?

  Let’s talk about autocorrect, the modern marvel of technology. Or is it? I’m old enough to remember writing research or English papers on an electric (not manual – I’m not that old) typewriter, where I had to…gasp…use white out to correct my errors. We didn’t have those very helpful red or green squiggly lines… Read More Arghh…Autocorrect

I ruminated (I often do that) over what I could write about 2016 that would be remotely interesting, witty, or fun to read.  How could I possibly create a blog reviewing the year without it sounding like a list of boring things that have happened? So….I decided to do a combo review because everyone knows… Read More See Ya Later 2016

WARNING: The latter part of this blog contains an ick worthy section. My propensity for finding humor in the most outrageous things knows no bounds. So… I’ve found a way to answer the challenge tossed out regarding the ability to weave into a few short paragraphs all those words or phrases we hate in lesfic. … Read More Passion….

I was reading an article this week about forgiveness and there were some pearls of wisdom that was helpful to be reminded of in the aftermath of the election.  As the cabinet assignments are being made, the anger and discontent continues across our country the likes of which we have not seen…ever. Don’t get me… Read More The Power of One…

On Friday I was doing a workshop in Dayton, Washington on Customer Service, Choose Your Attitude, and Change, and after the day I was completely exhausted….so I did not do my weekly blog because I just did not have the energy. My wife and I proceeded to Walla Walla, Washington to have dinner and then… Read More Oh the guilt….

I didn’t want to talk at length about any one topic this week, so I decided to do an enhanced blog….a rambling on steroids, where I intend to toss in several topics to make a literary salad.  I suppose literary is a bit of a stretch since I’m not that talented as a writer! First, I’d… Read More Pot Pourri

As an Italian, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. The combination of food and family is like the perfect swirl of yummy goodness. When my mother was alive, we would try to gather as a family even though my sisters and I are scattered throughout the US. One sister lives in Georgia, another in… Read More In Gratitude We Trust….

Ever since I started at my current place of employment, I’ve been honest about my plans to retire in 7 years (that was over 4 years ago). This past weekend, my wife and I took our first real step toward that journey….we bought an RV. We’ve been talking about traveling after we retire for it… Read More To Retirement and Beyond….