Happy New Year!

September has always felt like the New Year to me.  I guess the excitement of the new school year—and  my special first day of school clothes—always felt like a new beginning.  By the end of summer, I had transitioned and decompressed from the previous school year and I was ready to begin again full of hope, promise and drive.…

Are you up for a challenge?

My oldest son, John and I were talking about how much money we unconsciously spend every day—things like coffee (and breakfast sandwiches) at the morning drive through, extra snacks when stopping for gas, eating out instead of cooking at home.  You know the kind of things we’re talking about. …

Economic Anxiety

The recent budget crisis catapulted us into this week’s stock market turmoil and reaffirms the consequences of ignoring Sir Francis Bacon’s 400 year old words, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”   Those sage words were echoed during FDR’s inaugural speech and still ring true today.…

Budgetary Blues

With all the hoopla about our nation’s budgetary worries, I guess I just had to say a few words.  But where to start?  So much to say, so many angles, so many, many different opinions.  It’s a huge sinkhole that we really don’t want to venture into. …

Forty in Four

I just finished four days with two college friends. The three of us hadn’t been together in 40 years and it only took 5 minutes before we were right back where we left off. Our memories weren’t always the same; Susie remembered everything, I was a little foggy on details and Rosie was somewhere in the middle.…

Set Me Free!

Happy 4th of July—Independence Day for Americans! This may be our day of freedom in the US but almost every other country in the world celebrates one day or another. Wikipedia lists over 150 days of independence including one for Vatican City (who would have thought)!…

More for Less?

The PR Insider, an online newsletter I subscribe to, had some interesting statistics about the increase of social networking. Since April, Twitter has gained 40 million users and a 62 percent increase in mobile use of the platform. (Source: ClickZ) LinkedIn has grown by an impressive 100 percent from last year; it now has more than 100 million users across the globe.…