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Women And Community

After a long, hot, and challenging summer, I am suddenly feeling there is light at the end of the tunnel. And, I am awash in gratitude that the fog seems to be lifting. I’m getting really excited about my real estate gig and the people I’ve affiliated with, they are ...

51 Years Old, Going On 14

I know that whenever I go home to visit Mom and Dad, I feel as though I’m about 14 again. Mom gets all excited and asks me what I want to eat, and then cooks all my favorites. She has nice new sheets on the beds, and lets me sleep ...

VERY Funny Take On Men’s And Women’s Brains

Whanh, whanh! This is a very funny guy with alot of funny videos on the differences between us women and men. Now, we KNOW we're different, anyone can see that, but if we all approached it like Mark Gungor, our relationships would probably be alot better. At least they'd be ...

Is There Simplicity On The Other Side?

My life has been pretty simple for the past number of years. Single, no kids, parents still independent and since moving out of my house a couple of years ago to share a friend’s house, no big house upkeep responsibilities. I’m busy since I like my time full, but really ...

Inevitable Signs Of Aging? Not Necessarily

This is a bit of a weird duck post, but I am betting many of you have aches and pains you think are just inevitable aging signs. Well, read on... In late July, I headed to the Texas beaches with Tall Slow Talkin’ Texan man and his 27 year old daughter ...

Are You Too Suffering From Adult Math Trauma?

Normally I don’t like to, and don’t, think of myself as a ‘victim’. It’s a control thing. I’m a big believer in I can’t control what happens to me but I can dern sure endeavor to respond to what happens in the most powerful way I can manage. And although ...

New Blooms For WomenBloom!

Deciding what to do with WomenBloom has been even more difficult to figure out than my move to real estate. Being very emotionally attached to WomenBloom as you might imagine, contemplating a change in my relationship to it has been wrenching. But WomenBloom isn’t going away, and there are some ...

Reinvention Part II: Here I Go Again

As I said in my last post, I wanted to figure out how I could keep doing the parts of WomenBloom I loved most, AND establish myself in a field where I could satisfy my financial needs. THAT wasn’t an easy task. But I quickly realized I knew some things. ...

My Reinvention Takes A Twist And A Turn

The reinvention path, I’ve learned over these past few years, isn’t a straight one. Or at least it hasn’t been for me. But, that’s life really, isn’t it? You think you have it corralled, and then something doesn’t turn out like you expected, something changes, or someone ...

A Chuckle For Friday Afternoon

I can’t think today. It’s shocking, but I have no idea what to write about. Doesn’t help that it’s 3:45 on Friday afternoon. So I’m wimping out and putting in a funny video. I LOVE the baby commercials for E-trade. They crack me up. So, here are some E-trade baby outtakes. Chuckle, ...