“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Archive

    I am working on an archive of the nearly 500 articles here. Just a heads-up. Continue reading

  • On the Other Hand

    While you are escaping the frenzy of the season, don’t lose its energy. A bit of stress is propelling. Management of stress is essential and must include developing tools to harness it as a source of energy and inspiration. Christmas… Continue reading

  • Frenzy

    Frenzies are frequent and frightful in the frantic days before Christmas. All that we have resolved to do for our businesses and families well in advance, we feel we must do now and finish quickly. To this wave of hyperactive… Continue reading

  • Ann Felton

    Ann Felton passed away this week in a way that was, from my perspective, suddenly. We visited last in September and it was, as always, too short a visit with exploding currents of information and more stories than I could… Continue reading

  • Amazon Gift Cards

    We don’t have time to shop between now and Christmas so we just made an executive decision to purchase some Amazon Gift Cards. I would suggest the same to some of you. This will, hopefully, give me some time to… Continue reading

  • Sunday Morning Blessing

    It is a joy to count all of you as my friends. You encourage me. What a blessing to see so many who aim for something better and toward becoming all they can be. It is a source of joy… Continue reading

  • BEST

      Abraham Lincoln: The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. Malcolm S. Forbes: The best vision is insight. Theodore Roosevelt: The best executive is the one who has sense enough to… Continue reading

  • Left Wing/Right Wing

    Yet another reason why I resist wearing labels such as "Conservative" or "Liberal" with an upper case "C" or "L" comes to surface as I hear the word,"wing" attached to directional terms such as "left" or "right."  This comes from… Continue reading

  • Sneaky Christmas

    Christmas has been sneaking up on me for years. Here it is, the first Sunday of Advent and I am, as usual, unprepared to meet the opportunities of the season with a ready receptor and available resources. Every year I… Continue reading