Years That Answer

As a child I lived in my head. I tried not to go outside and play with neighborhood children because I preferred my own company. I had an a...

Sometimes I simply shut down. This happens when I'm overwhelmed but I don't realize I need a break. Then my unconscious mind steps i...

I had an unsettling dream last night. In it I was recalled from the comfortable peace of retirement to return to my old job to stage an impo...

If you are in it for the long haul, you have to pace yourself.  It is important to know when to rest, when to breathe deep, and when to look...

I could not sleep when I went to bed last night. I was awash with memories of people I knew at the University over the 37 years I worked the...

I am reminded of a certain fairy tale, The Six Swans. In this story the princess was forced to work her fingers to the bone sewing shirts o...

OMG! (loud and breathless, like a teenage girl) I had the all-time worst experience making a gingerbread house with my grandson. I received ...

Tomorrow I go to the NOW (National Organization of Women) conference. I am going with one of the other administrators from the political Fac...

When I was young I fancied myself an artist. After I became a mother, I lost my passion for art. Still, I always thought I would sketch and,...

I'm feeling blah. I am way too focused on political stuff, and need a break. However, political stuff is all I want to focus on. It is ...

I belong to a secret Facebook group; sounds ominous, right ? It isn't. Secret FB groups are like all organizations people voluntarily...

It wasn't like I was ever going to have what some p eople refer to as "a life's work." I spent my adult life working job...

A t the university t here were very different standards of behavior for the t wo d istinct groups of employees: faculty and staff . For ...

As long as I'm on a work-related roll, I might as well give you some background information. The background info will enable me to star...

As I said in Part I , I don't think you can change other people unless they want to be changed. In Part I, I made that statement...

As the saying goes, "One bad apple spoils the bunch." A fellow blogger published a thoughtful post about the negative effect one d...

AAAAACK, what a morning. T is going to a physical therapist for short term treatment. No big deal, right? If only it was simply about physic...