tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-558451 2012-01-22T10:07:52+01:00 What can be learned about meaningfulness from (sometimes courageously, often foolishly, even so persistently and with a needed touch of mischief) taking the next step TypePad jallecafehttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e3b8b53ef0168e5eae437970c 2012-01-22T10:07:52+01:00 2012-01-23T10:12:51+01:00

On a coffee pause between packing to move. I sit here in dismayed wonder. As I sorted through my main drawers - and even after I thought I'd already recycled away so many old things - I've had repeated "what...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jallecafe/~4/sW1mCin0cyI" height="1" width="1"/>

Jill Allemang http://www.jallecafe.com/jallecafe/2012/01/moments-of-wonder.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e3b8b53ef0162ffab2b86970d 2012-01-16T15:17:11+01:00 2012-01-16T16:09:07+01:00

Most days, I love owning a business &amp; the whole life that comes with it. But this specific one started with a three hour Internet outage (telephone company problem). On a Monday! As I sit here finally at lunch at...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jallecafe/~4/v8p_ev9YDq8" height="1" width="1"/>

Jill Allemang http://www.jallecafe.com/jallecafe/2012/01/alternative-life-strategy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e3b8b53ef01676069b17a970b 2012-01-13T18:01:01+01:00 2012-01-13T17:59:03+01:00

I'm cleaning out boxes to move. (Eight years of stuff is NOT coming with me!) Found a journal from exactly 10 years ago. The start of my career change. Ken, who I met at the Center for Creative Leadership, had...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jallecafe/~4/Jg6kOs7RfBA" height="1" width="1"/>

Jill Allemang http://www.jallecafe.com/jallecafe/2012/01/when-i-am-50.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e3b8b53ef0162ff2a8ab3970d 2012-01-08T12:00:00+01:00 2012-01-08T12:00:00+01:00

I liked Coronas Cafe in Florence so well that I went twice. Once for gelati and coffee. Then just for a quick Italian-style espresso standing at the coffee bar. Was surrounded by Italians. Everyone from handworkers to business men taking...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jallecafe/~4/uClEj6zId6w" height="1" width="1"/>

Jill Allemang http://www.jallecafe.com/jallecafe/2012/01/the-price-of-sitting-in-italy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e3b8b53ef0168e50fd1ea970c 2012-01-06T09:09:40+01:00 2012-01-06T09:09:40+01:00

Over lunch one day this week, I explained to a friend -- a wonderful, beautiful French woman who no girl from Ohio could ever match in allure, especially when she brings her little white dog in a quilted bag, at...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jallecafe/~4/OvQYzd8TjFo" height="1" width="1"/>

Jill Allemang http://www.jallecafe.com/jallecafe/2012/01/a-diving-board-moment.html