Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Aug 26th, 2010
I am the face of the aftermath of divorce, the aftermath of layoff, the aftermath of defeat. I am the face of invisible illness, of piercing isolation, of daily hide-and-seek.
Would you know me if you saw me?
I am your neighbor, your colleague, your sister; I am the woman who yells at the cashier [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Surviving Recession on Jul 6th, 2010
There’s good news and bad news. Oh, I won’t even begin to discuss the state of the BP oil spill, our lagging economy, not to mention my pitiful personal life. But there’s still a cornucopia of good news – offset of course, by weird news (at the very least), and yes, bad news. But may [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Surviving Recession on May 26th, 2010
A particular news item caught my eye early today:
As the job market begins to loosen up, human resource managers might increasingly be surprised by an announcement from employees they haven’t heard in a while: “I quit.”
Catchy quote, isn’t it? And hopeful.
It appeared in The Wall Street Journal, as reported on Yahoo Finance. [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Parenting, Surviving Recession on May 11th, 2010
Everything has its price
I’ve spent days, weeks really, maneuvering through objects and obstacles. In my little den. The jammed office. My bedroom, the living room, a wretched corner in the kitchen. I am looking. Taking silent inventory. Running numbers in my head.
I toss aside the memories as best I can. Memories of marriage and [...]
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Sex, Surviving Recession on May 7th, 2010
Are love and sex ever out of style?
Hardly.
Nor do they cease to seize our attention. And that was certainly the case for me in two articles I read this week. The first appeared a few days ago, offering tips to combat aging, and the second was on yahoo this morning – an interpretation of recent [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Apr 16th, 2010
How do you define success?
As the remaining assets in my bank account dwindle, I’ve been – shall we say – a little stressed. And feeling like anything but a success. I look back at my days of setting goals, working hard to achieve them, and climbing the corporate ladder. I look at my marriage, and [...]
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Politics, Surviving Recession on Mar 18th, 2010
Whatever it was, I always did what I was told. I was the quintessential good girl: I followed the rules from the time I can remember. I studied, I smiled, I won awards. I did not rebel. I lived with secrets, and I did not speak of them.
I followed the rules and never cheated, though [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Mar 16th, 2010
Is existence, in and of itself, a legitimate source of hope? Is any source of hope legitimate?
Alice Sebold, quote worthy of mention
I was reading from a collection of short stories last week. The Best American Short Stories, 2009, to be precise. It was an uncharacteristically jubilant burst of reading (no interruptions), and eventually, I [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Surviving Recession on Mar 1st, 2010
Need a dose of fabulosity? Get off the island.
Sometimes things happen. It’s serendipity. A fortuitous occurrence. Or as I like to think of it – unexpected good stuff. But it doesn’t happen often. And it rarely happens in isolation. You’ve got to reach out, in whatever way is possible.
Get off the island!
With teens in [...]
Posted in Dreams, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Feb 22nd, 2010
Recurring dreams? Recurring nightmares?
If our dreams allow us a smile when we wake, then they are good. If our dreams process a problem and offer options for its solution, then they are good. If our dreams provide escape, diversion, possibility and we can carry that positive energy forward into our working days, then they are [...]
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