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Teaching an Old Lady New Tricks
This old lady believes every day is an opportunity to learn something new. However, some things we'd rather not know. While others are endlessly...
Hello Hope, My Old Friend
Hello, Hope, my old friend. You have been missed. I've had sleepless nights, searching for you behind closed doors. Doors closed by hate, by...
The #1 Lousy Thing About Getting Older
It started with a birthday. The sudden awareness of a date that had memories and pain gushing back. June 18 is the birth date of one of my dearest...
The Freelancer Pricing Guide I Wish I Had
For my non-freelancing readers, pardon my departure into the freelancer world. Then again, if you have been thinking about joining that world, read on. I first met Jake Poinier online, like most of my freelancing chums, but he was going by a different name – Dr....
The Business Writing Book I Wish I Wrote
There is a reason Lynn Gaertner-Johnston's blog pops up in the #1 Google spot when you type business writing. She's good. Lynn is the founder of Syntax Training It's a company that offers business writing courses for managers and employees Lynn also...
Book Review: Marketing 365
I confess - Lori Widmer is an online writing buddy. That is the extent of my affiliation to Lori's new e-book, Marketing 365: Daily Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Small Business. Well that, and the fact that I bought it as soon as it hit the virtual...
Hello Hope, My Old Friend
Hello, Hope, my old friend. You have been missed. I've had sleepless nights, searching for you behind closed doors. Doors closed by hate, by cruelty, and a world I do not recognize. When despair did all it could to bring us down, you were there. Waiting. Never gone,...
The #1 Lousy Thing About Getting Older
It started with a birthday. The sudden awareness of a date that had memories and pain gushing back. June 18 is the birth date of one of my dearest friends. Sadly, Sandy chose to leave this earth by her own hand. The passing of Robin Williams years ago prompted me to...
Why Do We Not Care About the Truth?
Did you see the movie, A Few Good Men? One of its more memorable scenes showed Jack Nicholson's character screaming, "You can't handle the truth." Is that behind our acceptance of even the most outrageous claims circling around social media today? Is it some kind of...
The Other C Word Intrudes Post-3-Day
My 19th 3-Day, 60-Mile Walk for the Cure was fabulous. Until that other C word entered the picture. No not cancer (the worst C word ever!) but COVID. Mom and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. By Friday, I thought I had the start of a cold. When Mom started exhibiting...
2022 3-Day Walk Must be Near
Like cooler temperatures signal Fall is lurking, a new post here is the sign the next 3-Day Walk is approaching. As I write this, that little 60-mile stroll is only 70 days away. This will be Walk #19 for this Old Lady Walking. 2022 3-Day Walk San Diego 3-Day This...
A Pink Dusting Off of Why 60 Miles
With 129 days until my 19th 3-Day, 60-Mile Walk, it's time to dust off the Pink blog. Although with the latest Boise temperatures, it's probably more red than pink. Can you spell sweltering? Catch-up Time Pink Fundraising If you do not know already, my awesome...
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