Category: Life

  • Holidays Are Coming . . .

    As we enter the typically most stressful time of the year (for the US, anyway), I am forced to review my life (again). Family circumstances have changed: there have been deaths, there have been kids going to college, there are kids learning to drive. Injuries that didn’t seem like much…

  • More Arrrgh!!!

    I do hours of research. I read reviews, books, articles. I ask questions to various groups I’m part of that are relevant to what they do vs the information I need. I feel like I make an informed decision. I feel confident in what I’m doing. I feel this is,…

  • Loaded Questions

    Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. No plan, no matter how awesome or well-plotted, never survives contact with the situation. The plan WILL CHANGE. Improvisation skills are just as important as being prepared. It doesn’t matter the situation–home, work, finding a job, raising a kid,…

  • Prompt, October 1, 2024

    What skill would you like to learn? ALL OF THEM! I’ve always wanted to learn all kinds of things. Lamp working, spinning, woodcarving, bookmaking, weaving, extreme shark racing, crochet, knit, film making, sewing, skateboarding, programming, skiing, gardening, ice carving, pottery, painting, digital art, dog grooming, platypus farming, hairstyling, Icelandic, ASL,…