Today was an interesting day to say the least.  I was treated to a reflexology treatment by Jan and Linda, as well as attended dinner with them at Women Poker Hall of Famer Susie Isaac’s home where we were fed a fantastic pot roast, and an amazing dessert of homemade shortcake.
Not only did I get [...]

Megan, Hanna, and Michele @ Mandalay Bay, Shark Reef Exhibit
Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. ~Susan Scarf Merrell
My sister Michele has been one of my closest friends as long as I can remember. Over the years we have had a [...]

Today was not only pay day, but it was also my day off.  I had a few errands to run, and one of the things I wanted to do was buy an organizer at Office Max.  The last time I was there I was kind of put off by the prices, but I was wanting [...]

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  ~Anaïs Nin
It has been awhile since I wrote out a bullet list of all the things I am grateful for so here it goes.
Today I am grateful for…

My father
My brother Donald
My [...]

Tonight I am starting a new part of my blog that I have been meaning to add for some time now, and I call this section, Evidence of Abundance.  Each night, I will document the blessings big and small that enter my life.

Wells Fargo agreed to refund a fee of $34.00.  I took responsibility for [...]

in·ten·tion  [in-ten-shuhn]
–noun
1.  an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
Today  isn’t so much of a gratitude post, but is more of an intention post.
What I am trying to learn, is to get clarity, and focus on the things I want in life, I truly believe that is what separates really successful [...]

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile. ~Author Unknown
I recall a number of years ago, when working for various companies I would be walking through the office and I would often get asked, “What’s wrong?” My response would always be that nothing was wrong, I was in deep thought. [...]

“Move your seat up I’m all cramped back here.”-Frank “It won’t move!”-Estelle “There’s a mechanism you just PUSH IT!”-Frank “Dad can’t you sit sideways? We are five blocks from the house.”-George “Sideways? Like an ANIMAL! Because of HER I have to sit like an ANIMAL! SERENITY NOW! SERENITY NOW!”-Frank “Serenity now?”-George “The doctor gave me [...]

As a people, we have become obsessed with Health.  There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this.  We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying.  We have lost all confidence in the human body.  ~Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, [...]

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir
If you want to know where I have been spending my days off, you now know.  You can usually find me sitting in the back yard with [...]