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Well, I kaputtled. I began with a pledge to myself. Good intentions, indeed. And, life just scooped me up and took me somewhere else. Where? To B.C. for training, to a yoga retreat that I ended up retreating from, and to rest my weary bones. Then it hit me. I was "whelmed".



Life whelmed me, as it sometimes does to all of us. I've just done a bit too much living these last few years: Illness, a move to Canada, return home, divorce, broke, and then being fired twice within a… Continue

I've been on hiatus this past week. I attended a training related to my business in Vancouver, B.C. It went well and I'm excited. I still have a few important details to work out, however, with the author. As I'm the first person who will be disseminating this program in the U.S., I'm breaking new ground. Many contractual details need to be worked out as things do not run the same here as in other countries. This has been a bit daunting.



Prior to departing for the Vancouver, I had a… Continue

Today I attended a free poetry workshop that I signed up for 2 months ago. I have a graduate degree in Spanish literature and love to write. However, in the last few years my masterpieces, while sometimes fairly well read, have been restricted to government memos, programs, assessments, and the like. Very little (if any) prose or poetry. Yet my heart yearns for it.



In the workshop I could see that certain patterns of language had formed in my head. In order to be efficient--I… Continue

Last night I celebrated my step-daughter's growing up. She recently graduated from college and just passed her RN exam and was offered her first RN job. She is going to Bellingham (about 3 1/2 hours north) with her mom next Tuesday to look for an apartment and will move in by the end of the month. We went out to dinner and a movie, one of our favorite activities.



I'm happy that I had a part in her life. Frankly, she's probably the reason I was married to her dad as long as I was. Not… Continue