Ahhh, Christmas, that special time of year when too many people over stress, over shop, and over spend, all for the sake of giving the perfect gifts. Do we select a gift based on practicality, or is it something a bit more special, maybe something the gift receiver wouldn’t purchase? Do we ask for requests and then feel obligated to only give from that list regardless of the absurdity of the requests? Maybe the question to ask is “why am I giving this gift in the first place, and what kind of Continue Reading
Can You Ever Have Too Much Nice?
Everyone needs a Coffee Jam in their neighborhood. Think of it as the TV bar Cheers, where everyone knows your name, but without a liquor license, and instead of people bellying up to the bar, they hunker down in one of the over-stuffed chairs, or around one of the glass tables, and enjoy a delicious sandwich or bowl of soup with their favorite cup of coffee. I had driven past the place for a couple of years, but never felt the urge to visit as I don’t drink coffee. Then someone suggested Continue Reading
I Could Have Never Made it as a Cave Woman
I’ll acknowledge, hiding a package of cookies in my bedroom wasn’t a good strategy in my effort to lose weight, but I thought, out of sight, out of mind. The first night, I ate five; vanilla wafers cradling a double layer of chocolate fudge. Just one cookie quickly slipped into five. Perhaps I wasn’t quite as committed to this new weight loss plan as I had thought.For a long time… ok, basically, since the last time I walked out of gym class in high school, I have struggled with my Continue Reading
Gorilla Tracking – The Experience of a Lifetime
My friend, Sandy Thomas, is a world traveler, and when she shared with me her last adventure, I asked if she’d be willing to share, since travel is one of my focus areas. An amazing experience! Being with the gorillas in their natural habitat has always been a dream of mind. Not sure why... perhaps because as a child King Kong was my imaginary playmate. (True, don't laugh.) Each time my travel buddies and I looked at excursions to see the mountain gorillas, Uganda and Rwanda Continue Reading