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
Old Soul or Just Old?
My good friend Kathy recently told me I had an old soul. She could immediately tell by the look of dismay on my face that I wasn’t complimented.“No, no, that’s not a bad thing,” she tried to defend herself.“It’s never a good thing when old is used to describe me,” I responded, not letting her off the hook.Well, guess what I’ve discovered? I do have an old soul, and how do I know this? Because I took the 10 question Facebook survey and who could possibly do a more credible job of assessing my Continue Reading