Archive > April 2008

Why fly? Drive instead

We went on vacation last week and decided to drive the 600 miles instead of flying as we usually do.  Now days there’s just too much hassle to flying.  Here are the advantages to driving the car:

My seat was comfortable and adjustable.

I had plenty of leg room.

My seat mate was a person known to me.

My seat mate […]

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The garden grows without the gardener

It’s a mysterious thing.  The gardener tends his garden carefully and then goes away, being sure the garden will have water until he returns.  When he returns a week later, not only is the garden alive, but it’s full of vegetables wanting to be picked. Isn’t this one of the wonderful mysteries of life?
We just […]

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Square Dancing

Today we were at a potluck for square dancers.  Usually when we’re square dancing there’s no time for a good chat.  So, once in a while we have a potluck and sit down together and just visit with each other.  Such a simple thing.  So important to our lives.
When we were finished eating, we square […]

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Writing at Work: Status Reports

Writing at Work: Status Reports
Whether you’re an engineer, a scientist, or an administrative assistant, eventually you are going to need to write a Status Report.  Think of your Status Report as a few minutes of time with your boss.  When you write, do it well and to get it done as quickly as possible.   Here […]

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In Living Color - or My Choice of Color

I like to dabble in watercolor and I’m pretty good at it.  I am beginning to wonder about my taste, though.  Today I printed out a surrealist picture of sunflowers, and another extra colorful face of a woman.  Why?  I think I want to paint with those colors.
My last painting was full of bright rose, […]

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Is the world going crazy?

The world is going crazy.  Nothing seems the same any more. Things aren’t the way we want them to be.

We’re fighting a war most of us would rather not fight. 
We have a political campaign in progress where, in the final count, we don’t have any say on who is on the ballot.  Our parties will tell us for […]

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