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If you’re looking for New Year’s resolutions, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. It has always seemed to me to be a self‑imposed exercise in failure, frustration and futility. After all, most resolutions boil down to one theme: I will no longer be the person I am, but …[MORE] The holidays brought me a break in an otherwise hectic schedule. I have two weeks of empty calendar and I’m going to try to make the most of it. My plan is to bravely address my Room of Shame. You know the Room of Shame. In fact, according to my friend Gayle, who is a professional organizer, …[MORE] This is a writing exercise, done in response to the prompt “Not wearing it”. They think I am a child. They think I can’t possibly understand the intricacies of politics or the machinations of intrigue. They think that in time I will come to appreciate all the benefits of palace life and embrace the role I was …[MORE] Red Keds. At the age of five, I discovered pride of ownership in a new pair of red Keds. I can still see them in my mind. Our house was being reroofed at the time, and men were up on the housetop pulling up the old shingles and tossing them down into the yard for later cleanup. As …[MORE] If I have any regular readers (is there anybody out there?), you may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything for a few days. I have an excellent excuse: I’ve been recovering from a really bad cold for the last week. The experience offered some profound insights. Top Ten Things You Discover—or Rediscover—While Sick with a …[MORE] I just needed cat food. I needed prescription cat food for an ailing cat, so I could only get it at the vet’s office. And it was Sunday. I knew my vet kept office hours on Sunday, but only for a very short window of time. My mind kept coming up with “two” and “four”, but …[MORE] Recently I performed my first pecha kucha presentation. I discovered the pecha kucha format a couple of months ago. It’s a relatively new style of PowerPoint presentation with a simple but rigid structure: 1) it must contain exactly 20 slides; 2) the slides must contain only images, no words; 3) the presentation must run in automated …[MORE] A random list of things I am thankful for:
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