Grown men are expected to keep their emotions in check. They need to keep calm and carry on. Add grown women in there, too. We have expectations of emotional maturity. I know I do, but there are times. For example:
COMMUNICATION FACE, HOW TO READ IT
December 14, 2024 by
A communication face is the non-verbal part of communicating with someone. We all have one. Not all are a resting bitch face, but sometimes they look that way. Accidentally. How can you appear attentive and interested when all you really want to do is take a nap? How long can you sustain your bright-eyed and […]
CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START
September 6, 2024 by
Cleaning up a mess, any mess, has a certain order. But not everyone knows where to start. Is there a starting point? Continue reading:
SOFT LIFE WITH HARD EDGES
August 28, 2024 by
Living that soft life, but still need something to yell about. It’s either too soft, not soft enough, anything but just right. And that spells hard times in bold letters. Hard times for a soft life?
DRAW LINES, BUT KEEP IT QUIET
August 2, 2024 by
If you want to set a border, first draw lines. Could be a property line, could be a county line, or state line. Why not start with some internal work first? Internal work? What’s that?
WEDNESDAY SEVENS UP ON MIDDLE CLASS
June 26, 2024 by
I found the Wednesday Sevens during my usual pre-writing routine, (reading Yahoo News, scrolling twitter, checking Facebook like a pro.) The sevens are, Yahoo News: 7 Things the Middle Class Won’t Be Able To Afford in the Next 5 Years Twitter: 7 Keys To Life Facebook: Nothing, so I adapted.
FAMILY HISTORY: DIVE IN THE WATER’S FINE
June 5, 2024 by
Family history has it that my wife’s Grandfather was in Dunkirk in 1940 and her Dad sailed with the Arctic convoys bringing supplies to Russia. One was in the English Army, the other the Royal Navy. Who knew? What happened to Grandpa after Dunkirk? We know Dad found his true love in Bath, England and […]
SPEED SHOPPING. GOOD IDEA?
March 11, 2024 by
Speed shopping with your partner. Ever heard of it? I gave it a try in a Safeway that sits between two over-55 communities. My speed shopping there made me look like The Flash. There was only one problem: I didn’t reveal my plan to my wife. Uh oh.
REAL THINGS THAT GET MORE REAL, LIKE FEELINGS
March 6, 2024 by
Real things are not a mystery. Maybe mysterious, but not a mystery. For that we can thank science. And thank some blogger for posting images too small to read. More mystery? Not with the right solution.
FINISHING SCHOOL FOR THE UNFINISHED
December 13, 2023 by
If you’ve never heard of it, a finishing school is where women become ladies. Ladies? What kind of ladies? Ladies who grew up expecting others to know what they’d learned in finishing school. To that we say, “Good luck.”
