Monthly Archives: April 2008
Home, Sweet, Home
The more I travel, the more I feel grateful to have a home that I love. A few of my favorite things about it: the photos I gave Diene for Valentines day are finally hung up on the wall my … Continue reading
Traveling as an Act of Faith
Being held captive in O’Hare got me thinking about all the travel mishaps I’ve had in my life and how the only thing that made them enjoyable was making an effort to enjoy them. Zig zagging on Himalayan switchback road … Continue reading
Stuck in O’Hare
I am writing this while sitting in a nondescript hallway between Gates E & F in Terminal 2 of Chicago’s O’Hare airport, sucking power to recharge my laptop. Haven’t quite made to it Roanoke yet. Still, I’ve been managing to … Continue reading
Selling Yourself at the Last Minute
I am traveling to Roanke, VA this weekend for a conference and looking forward to thanking Rotarinas, promoting my book and selling advanced copies, and enjoying spring time in the mountains. This morning, in a total time crunch, I realized … Continue reading
Signs of Life in the Garden
Our community garden plot is only a 4 minute run (3:56 to be precise) from our house; a perfect warm up. On my latest run, I stopped by to check out the action and, oh boy, things are looking good. … Continue reading
A stroke of good luck
Yesterday was a great day. I finished my last major grant of the year and turned it in to DPI (a day early!) I drove and parked downtown to run it into their offices and scored a awesome parking spot, … Continue reading
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