This morning’s paper had an article about the uprising over ammonia-treated pink slime and the fact that it’s on the menu in many of our nation’s schools. The pile of tiny pink sticks of pseudo-beef filler in the accompanying photo did nothing to quell the uneasy feeling in my gut as I read the article.…
Let’s Talk
Sex and Money, the last two topics we don’t talk openly about in America. I first wrote this in my 2nd blog post almost three years ago. You know what? Things haven’t gotten much better. Sure, we have the surface conversations about what we or the government should do with our money—but do we ever really talk about how our beliefs and values show up?…
Chapter Five Please!
Listening to all the political posturing after the failure of the Super committee all I could think of was Portia Nelson’s poem, Autobiography in Five Short Chapters. Why do we keep expecting different results from the same old behaviors? Maybe I’m just cranky today but I am so tired of the same old rhetoric – can we just move on to Chapter Five?…
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.…
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.…
Tax Me, Please.
Last week, National Public Radio had a segment about a letter (and video You Tube Video) to our leaders from The Patriotic Millionaires. Given my professional past, anything about taxes piques my interest. I remember years ago reading The Rape of the Taxpayer where I got an understanding of how tax policy can shape social policy.…
Show Me the Vision!
I was in Cape Cod this weekend at the Gestalt International Study Center. Although the weekend had been planned as a gathering for those of us who have studied there, life shifted and Friday morning began with a memorial service for one of the founders, Edwin C.…
Debtor or Sinner?
I don’t want to get religious on you, but I attended my childhood church this weekend in Wisconsin while visiting my failing mother. While saying the Lord’s Prayer by rote, I was caught off-guard hearing the usual word debt (trespass to some) replaced by sin. …
Thanksgiving Hangover
OK, I’ll admit it – I have a hangover. But it’s not what you think. I’m hung-over from too much: too much of a good thing. Do you know what I mean? Why is it when Thanksgiving comes around, we shift into overindulgence? …