Productivity breeds… MORE productivity?
Little Women
Women and power. Women and style. Women and shoes.
Nice Guys Finishing First? Maybe It Means Raising Different Daughters
I came across another one of those articles on why nice guys finish last, and reading through the list of reasons – always good for a chuckle – I found little to agree with, and a sizable missing piece. First, to the typical description of the “Nice Guy,” and the reasons he seems to finish […]
Blind Spots
Oh, those first days and weeks of falling in love! Perhaps it’s with your infant, as you hold her in your arms and breathe that miraculous scent of new life. Maybe it’s a man who sweeps you off your feet and the air is sweeter, colors more vibrant, and you find a bounce in your […]
Midlife Mix-Master: Overwhelmed, Underwhelmed, and Worried Sick
When midlife begins to grind you up and spit you out…
Stacked
Looks? Sure, they matter. Health? Naturally. Money? Stuff? Of course. We all have to eat, right? Yet I look around my little house and the way I count my riches has to do with stacks of books on my bedroom floor – eighteen of them – an assortment of references and magazines that have overflowed […]
Do You Actually LIKE The Opposite Sex?
We know we are different. How do we like those differences?
Our Bodies, Ourselves, and Helen Mirren
The title was irresistible – This Just In!!! Read All About It!!! That was yesterday, on one of my favorite sites, written by the incredible Tish Jett, A Femme d’Un Certain Age. And the hot item? The fact that award-winning Helen Mirren, who just turned 66, had been graced with the title of Best Body, […]
How To Do Everything Better (Maybe)
Curiosity. Maybe it did kill the cat. Personally, I never bought it. As far as I’m concerned, curiosity motors exploration, discovery, mischief-making, the Internet of course – and more industries than I can possibly enumerate. Beyond curiosity, “How to” has become something we ask routinely, expecting – and frequently receiving – virtually immediate answers. In […]
Zoom
We zoom in to enlarge the font on our computer screens. We zoom in to find our homes on Google Earth. We zoom the view on our cameras; then we tweak our images to improve the picture. What’s a few pixels among friends, right? We zoom to aid exploration and discovery, with our telescopes and […]