Peak Performance
It’s been a year this month that I left my job. One revolution of the earth around the sun, endless summer giving way to seemingly endless winter. And now, spring and another season of beginnings. I had hoped that, at the end of this year of change, I would emerge...
Some Wings and a Prayer
This week a freelance project randomly took me to my old elementary school! And, as my daughter would say, I am not even joking. Out of all the schools in all the cities… It smelled the same; Pine Sol and pencil sharpenings, wet boots and forced air. And most...
The Light and the Dark Rum
I love a great glass of red wine on a crisp autumn evening. Or the perfect Pimms Cup to celebrate the beginning of summer. It’s so easy to feel ever so elegant with a crisp gin and tonic shaken and served (with fresh lime juice) in a martini glass. And on those...
Uneven Surfaces
They care for you and then, later on, if you are lucky enough to have a Mother Who Grows Old, you return the favour. This is how it is beginning for me. My mother finally took her doctor’s advice and got a shiny new metal hip. This after years of “I’m fine!” but the...