Compensation is easy- you get something for something. Nope, not Nothing from Nothing leaves Nothing This is something from something leaves something! Compensatory time is time back for work performed outside the usual 40 hours. Not many places use it…
Burgees. I want to buy them. I want to make them. I want to have them! Why? I can’t figure it out. Everywhere I go, I want “one of those”. I want the plain ones and the pretty ones and…
Amish Broccoli Salad 1 head broccoli, chopped 1 head cauliflower, chopped 1 cup mayonnaise… 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 pound bacon, fried and crumbled 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese Every time I hear the…
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
Treat your energetic vitality like a candle in the wind — protecting it as though it were your only light in a dark forest on a moonless night. Avoid external conditions and relationships that threaten to snuff out the flame,…
Ask any man- what do you think of this blood moon and the fact that we are supposed to see 4 in a short period of time? “Well, these things happen off and on- nothing to think of it”. Ask…
It was December 22, 2013 when I wrote the post “International Ideas” to honor the variety of comments that I have received from around the world. I explained why I do not allow comments to post completely for privacy, but I…
What is a wish lost? Laff- it’s a woman who can’t see that well up close and still texts and types face book posts on her microscopic I-phone. The “wish lost” was supposed to be “its on my wish list”. …
The dying art of making things yourself- homemade! At a recent fund raiser, there were jars of pickles “put up” by local ladies and some jars of homemade laundry soap. I never learned how to make my own soap….
Striking visual with strong language. It was accompanied by “walk gently in the lives of others”. Words can be used to soothe or wound. Words are powerful. Some people are careful with what they say and seem to measure each…