Personal Renewal

I’m in the middle of a mid-winter, life-is-changing, condo-is-a-mess, I’ve-been-unemployed-for-over-6-months revitalization binge. One thing that absolutely must happen as part of this process is a personal makeover. Fear not: this does not mean that I will start wearing make-up! Or even heels. However, it’s time for a clean-out, clean-up and freshen-up. For the past week, …

Dreams for 2014

Today we celebrated my dad’s birthday (yay dad!) with a dinner at my parents’ home. We made an attempt to go around the table and share what our expectations or hopes were for the year. We talked about prosperity and environmental destruction, flying cars and change. Our daughter announced that the year is going to …

Why writing?

I made two new year’s resolutions. The first: to write. I know that I need to flesh these out a bit, so here I go with writing: I remember when I was younger – probably a teenager – and an adult I knew asked me if, given all the reading I did, I wanted to …