Last week, while walking with a client on the Cherry Creek Bike Path, a biker hit me with his hand. His hand out to the side, moving fast, his hand thumped my back. He hit me so hard that I fell forward a few steps. Â I said a loud, “OUCH!” The biker zoomed off to…
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Luck.
“Luck favors the prepared.” – Edna E Mode from the Incredibles What can I say? I like the movie and lost this quote. May you be lucky this week. Happy Monday!
Unconscious Mutterings : Week 335
Summer is finally arrived to Colorado. Which means there’s plenty to do outside – gardens, picnics in the park, exercising, hanging out, bar-be-quing. Have you been out to enjoy the warm weather yet? I hope so. Â I’m hoping to get the rest of my vegetable garden planted this morning, then spend the hot part of…
Queenbees arrive!
In the last five years or so, it’s been one thing after another in our bee yard. We’ve experienced everything from Africanized honeybees, pesticides, Varroa infestation, treatment resistant nosema, and Colony Collapse disorder. Last fall, we made the choice to enter winter without the use of antibiotics, nerve toxin, and the rest of the chemicals…
Simply Kind Tuesdays : Week 34 : Peace in the heart.
“If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors,…
What do you do?
“The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don’t read what they write, don’t ask them what they believe, just observe what they do.” Ashley Montagu “The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people…
Unconscious Mutterings : Week 334
Happy Father’s DAy! I hope today finds you celebrating the men in your life! Summer has finally arrived to Colorado. We’ll be out in the garden most of the morning! This remains my favorite game. I love it when everyone plays. Together we create our own perfect, and unusual, chorus. You play by answering the…
Friday Fiction .: The Fey :. Chapter Nineteen
Previous Chapters CHAPTER NINETEEN A week later September 16 – 8 A.M. Denver, Colorado “I call to order the meeting of JAM properties,” Max said. “Do you have to say that every time?” Alex whined. Max laughed at Alex’s distress. They sat together in a chair in the hotel suite’s sitting area. John looked up…
There was a time….
There was a time when I was a lot happier than I have been in the last month or so. I would get up every morning, write a blog post, visit my friend’s blogs to say ‘hello’ then writing stories or novels or whatever caught my fancy. I didn’t worry about websites. I didn’t worry…
Success
Here’s two videos, by the Richard St. John, about Success. They were both taken at a Ted conference. I’ve posted this first video before. It’s a quirky little 3 minute piece on how to be successful. Created in 2005, it’s very inspirational. This year’s video, is a follow up. What happens after you reach success?…