Tag Archives: travel

To Ease The Mind

Whirling like a hamster in a wheel, my mind has been nonstop. I can’t sleep. I’m filled with anxiety. Overwhelmed. I’ve been out of work before, but this time’s been brutal. The amount of information thrown at me has been too much to bear. Get your LinkedIn page updated. Oh, not like that, like this. […]

An Expensive Proposition

“It would be great if you could come out here and visit,” said my son, who’s in the navy. “And even better if you can make it before I’m deployed.” “When’s that,” I asked. “Probably January. The end of,” he said. “Although I can’t be sure. They don’t tell me anything.” “I have some vacation […]

The Rite (or Wrong) of Spring

You can practically smell the perfume… Ah, spring! The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing and one’s heart turns to romance. Or does it? I sit here alone on a Thursday night when I should’ve been out on a date. Last week I had a really great phone conversation with someone I met on […]