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How Many Failures Will Lead to Success?

August 1, 2018 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

The power of a win.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Starting Over Tagged With: definitions of success, determination, failure, motivation, real women real life, relocation, resilience, serendipity, starting over, success, taking risk, well being

Sometimes You Really CAN Be Rescued, Or…

June 2, 2018 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

A walk, a turtle, a rescue.

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: community, healing, isolation, kindness of strangers, luck, Morning Musing, real women real life, serendipity

Luck of the Draw

January 25, 2018 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

Unforeseen encounters are often sources of strength and kindness…

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing Tagged With: attitude, bias, divorce, good luck, life after divorce, money, Morning Musing, positive attitude, prejudice, real women real life, serendipity, society, starting over

The Serendipitous Encounter

May 23, 2016 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Encouraging the “happy accident.”

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: attitude, communication, creating opportunity, isolation, learning, opportunity, Relationships, serendipity, starting over

The (Serendipitous) Non-Quest for Discoveries: Why Not?

January 8, 2016 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Surprise discoveries can be fab!

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: creativity, cultural values, curiosity, innovation, New York Times, ramble, serendipity

Good Hearts, Good Spirits, Good Design!

May 24, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Good spirits help everything, especially when you’re stuck in travel trauma.

Filed Under: Fashion & Style, Interiors, Travel Tagged With: Boston, interiors, kindness of strangers, serendipity, Travel

Neighborly

November 17, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

The challenges of getting to know our neighbors – in real and virtual communities.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: community, friendship, internet community, online communities, real life women, serendipity

Middle-aged Woman Found Pinned by Latvian Teen

March 2, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 26 Comments

Just in. (9:18 Eastern, 3/2/10). Weird News reports that a diminutive middle-aged woman, name withheld by authorities, was found pinned by a Latvian teen, slumped over on patio furniture behind a small suburban home in a sleepy southern city. Apparently, following a late-night rock fest, nosy neighbors called the police. The two were discovered lying […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: are you superstitious, family, family dynamics, good fortune, good luck charms, humor, Latvian teen, Murphy's Law, parenting teens, serendipity, superstition, weird news, whatever life dishes out

Serendipity (or, Why You Need to Get Off the Island)

March 1, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Surviving Recession Tagged With: get off the island, networking, serendipity, Surviving Recession, whatever life dishes out, work for pay

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