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"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong." - Peter T. McIntyre Once upon a time I was a daredevil. I was doing things that made my mom laugh (and probably scared her half to death) long before I can remember. She still tells...
Dishwasher Safe
"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." - E.B. White Relationships are like plates. Disposable plates are one of life’s great paradoxes to me. Yes, they are inexpensive, but never, ever reusable. It doesn’t matter how pretty they...
So That Nothing Is Wasted
Prologue: I wrote the text of this blog a while back, almost 3 years ago, in fact. Yes, sometimes I recycle stuff I wrote before, and I updated this material to publish a couple of weeks back. In one of those bizarre turns of events that can only make me think that...
Nothing More Valuable than a Dead Cat
“In Zen Buddhism a master was once asked what was the most valuable thing in the world, and the master answered that a dead cat was, because no one could put a price on it.” Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters, J.D. Salinger This is a story about a cat funeral, but...
The Love of Money
When I was just shy of thirty, I started my own garden service business. I did it against my parents’ advice, which is not my habit. My dad owned a business when I was a child, and those six years took a huge toll on his health and our finances. Before I was in...
Goodbye to one of the good ones
Today my family said goodbye to a wonderful man who was not only a good friend of our family but also someone who we were proud to be related to. Arnold Hulsey died Monday. I was leaving to go to the theater for a final dress rehearsal when my father called to tell...
S.A.D. (Singles Awareness Day)
It's Valentine’s Day with your sweetie, and you’re posting it all over Facebook and Twitter. Part of me wants to tell you where you can stick your roses and your overpriced dinner, but that would only annoy you and make me look more pathetic. Let's not be naïve. St....
Conquering Life’s Obstacles In Heels
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels. (Bob Thaves) Being back at the Burd Center working with those wonderful Gainesville Theatre Alliance kids brings back great memories, including one of the major milestones in my life....
Finding Lost Things
Last week I read a remarkable story. My friend Valerie posted a picture on Facebook of her left hand. Her engagement ring was in the center of the picture with a gaping hole where the center diamond should be. My heart sank for her. I knew that diamonds are very...
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