Dreamgirl

I don’t have a vaguely interesting back story for this post; it’s just the culmination of years of self-examination and, finally, realization. (Remember, I’m the girl who puts the anal in analyze.) So I’m just going to hit you with it....

Inspired interruptions

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a brilliant idea–absolutely, positively the best one ever. And then *poof* it was gone. Disappeared into the ether. A faint contrail in my cerebral atmosphere. The footprint of a memory. Too often, when...

Generationally speaking

I follow a blogger who writes about her challenges and opportunities as a 20-something in the workplace. Even though I’m not in her demographic (unless you count my 40-something as two of her 20-somethings), I generally find raw truth in her commentary. When one...

Greatness

It’s no big secret that I harbor a dream of writing a book. It’s also no big secret that I hate–I mean really hate–to fail. I’m no dummy, but it took until today, more than four decades into my life to see that I’ve let the...

Fireflies

For a long time–well over a year, for those of you keeping track–I didn’t think I had anything to write about. I froze up. Oh sure, I’d jot down tidbits of ideas (just like always), and later I’d try to flesh them out (just like always)....