“The clock is either for you or against you.” — an announcer during a football game It’s Monday. Try to catch everything that’s thrown at you. Run like hell. When necessary, take a timeout. Monday Night Football GO HAWKS
Hide And Beak
“You can hide from the world, but the people who love you will always find you.” — Sister Rain
Loss Change
“The love changes us more than the loss. It’s so very difficult to remember this but so very important that we do. It just may be the key to survival.” — Sister Rain
A Visually Challenged Bird Mom Walks Into A Bar
We have all seen photos of people where there’s a black bar across their eyes to protect their identity. Our eyes show the world who we are. When I just saw one such picture, I had the thought that my eyes have a black bar of sorts across them from…
Coffeehouse Of Horrors
If I eat a chocolate chip muffin while wearing a Hershey’s KISS costume, does that make me a cannibal?
My Takeaway
What is it about a takeaway coffee cup? Expensive and environmentally unfriendly. The baby bottle of adults. Holding one evokes thoughts of yoga pants, entrepreneurs and baristas who become friends. Community. So much better than your favorite mug at home. Rainy days. “You’ve Got Mail”. Seattle. Paparazzi. As if anyone’s looking…
Dislocated Shoulders
As you read this, where are your shoulders? I’m guessing up around your ears where most of us find them. I’ve noticed lately while sitting with Piper, our parrot, or watching TV that my shoulders are in the locked and upright position, or should I say uptight, position. I catch…
Don’t Quit Before The Miracle Happens*
Step 1: Find miracle workers √ Step 2: Believe half-√ * Quote author unknown
Now I Know
I started this blog in 2010 when I was searching for a job during the country’s financial crisis. Back then, it was drilled into us that “It’s who you know” that will land you your next position. Recently I have realized that this doesn’t only apply to finding employment, it pertains…
Morning, You And Night
Going out into our backyard to our trash cans around 9 p.m. one evening, it occurred to me that if I did not know the time I might have thought it was early morning before the sun came up. Any car noise was muted behind our house so that was…