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There comes a time in every girl’s life (it’s the same for guys) when she has to make a decision. There she is at the proverbial fork, hopefully it’s a clean one. Should she a) follow the trail of a path well worn, or b) [...]

So I’m feeling a little spunky here. To bed at 1:30am, still off coffee after the episode with aliens earlier this month, altering clothing for Burning Man.
What do all those have to do with feeling a little spunky? Nothing really. The underlying theme, I think, is that the creative juices are flowing again. I [...]

In a call the other day, my co-coaching friend said, “I’m going to go with the flow on that one.”
A common enough phrase. It sounds easy going, relaxed. A harkening back to the free flowin’ 1960s.
But something was amiss. Something in me threw on the brakes. The next thing I heard was myself saying, [...]

In each Toastmasters meeting, we are asked to answer a question for our introductions. On Tuesday morning, the question was: “If you could only grab one thing before evacuating your home, what would it be?”
This question came from our club President whose home is 4 miles away from the Yuba fire (as reported on Yubanet.com) [...]

I received a Brother Multi-Function Center (MFC) 5890cn (inkjet) to review. For those not familiar with the MFC concept, it’s one machine that has fax, scan, copy, and print capabilities. This one also has media slots for capturing photos, and is networkable by plugging it into your network router.
Price-wise, it’s a low range variety that [...]

I want to play the drum, the African drum called a djembe to be precise. Something about that rhythm feeling as primal as my heartbeat is intoxicating.
What’s hindering my drumming practice? Well, my djembe is in its cover and is being used as a bedside table for the alarm clock. Where does this leave my [...]

A Monday morning query into the difference between surrender and resignation.
I’ve been thinking about the role of Owen Meany, a character of John Irving’s book A Prayer of Owen Meany- which I read over a decade ago.
The word that comes to mind for me about him is surrender. He accepted his place in [...]