What makes you come alive?

January 25, 2012

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then do that.   Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”       – Dr. Howard Thurman The popular term “reinvention” suggests some mastery over transition, but does not come close to describing the types [...]

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We all have our dark, but funny side…

January 22, 2012

After I posted Ex-Wives Against Newt this week, it was suggested that I should not express my political opinions here, that instead I should only write posts “filled with forgiveness, understanding, compassion and empathy for all concerned.” When I thought more about this opinion, it occurred to me that this may be a very common [...]

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A Nation in Midlife Crisis

January 20, 2012

An article entitled: “Sundance Reveals a Nation in Midlife Crisis” in the Sydney Morning Herald today stated: “If the Sundance Film Festival is a mirror of America, this year’s installment depicts an unusually stark image of a broken place filled with broken people.” Yeah baby!   And I’m the Queen! Perhaps it’s just my unique perspective, [...]

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Weight loss and self-image

January 17, 2012

I’m inching ever closer to my target weight now.  Forty-five ugly pounds gone for good, and ten more to go!   This morning when I glanced at myself in my full-length mirror, I immediately said out loud, “Oh, so that’s what I’m supposed to look like!” Isn’t it funny how easily we get used to seeing [...]

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Are you having trouble paying your bills?

January 17, 2012

We all have trouble with bills sometimes, so Siobhan Meyer decided to help others with this sticky issue.   He created ICan’tPayMyBill.com when  his mother fell behind on her electric bills and couldn’t find any help online.   Here is some great instruction in the process, plus connections to many of the major companies you need to contact. [...]

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The most important ingredient in a happy marriage? A GREAT FRIENDSHIP!

January 16, 2012

I am reading a marvelous book right now:  30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice From The Wisest Americans.  The first chapter, called “GREAT TOGETHER,” is advice from our elders about choosing the best life partner for yourself. Lesson one is choose a partner with similar core values. Lesson two is the importance of [...]

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Republicans caught in the act of being themselves

January 13, 2012

I really cannot miss this opportunity to comment on the fiasco going on among the Republican candidates for president and the Republican leadership. Mitt Romney Romney started out his career in the management consulting business, which led to a position at Bain & Company, where he eventually served as CEO and brought the company out [...]

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Downton Abbey on PBS Masterpiece Theater

January 12, 2012

Is anyone else enjoying this dramatic romp their the British countryside? It just happens to cover one of my most favorite periods of history.   I studied world history at the graduate level back in my twenties, and came to be quite enamored with those years leading up to and including World War I, “the Great [...]

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What the wisest Americans would like us to know

January 11, 2012

“We are on the verge of losing an irreplaceable natural resource.   The inexorable process of human aging is depriving us of one of the most extraordinary groups of human beings that has ever lived: America’s older generation. The last veteran of World War I has died; those of World War II are now in their [...]

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Simply Amazing! A quick and convenient new way to STOP hot flashes in their tracks!

January 9, 2012

The new year is here, and if one of your resolutions is to stop hot flashes in their tracks, I’ve got a great new idea for you. Whenever I start flashing, I am reminded of that cartoon character from my youth.   You know the one where she gets really hot and bothered, and then blows [...]

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