May 8, 2020 | Am I still here?
It’s been almost seven weeks since I was hit by a car on my road bike, and ironically, one day after writing a blog post about riding safely during COVID-19. I was following all road cycling laws and safety rules, but unfortunately that wasn’t enough. With...
Nov 30, 2013 | Am I still here?, Featured, Mini challenges
To do the writing challenge, I decided to give up social media for a month. I gave up iPhone games as well. How did that go? Day 1 Yes, I’m 28 minutes into it and all is well. No Twitter. I could care less. I’m visual, so Twitter is a secondary social media...
Sep 24, 2012 | A better way, Am I still here?, Creative weirdness, Downsizing |
The garage (cleaning) art project. My garage is always a diaster area. I couldn’t fit a car in there if I tried. Heck, I’m not even sure a bike would fit. Now let me be clear. Even if I could fit a car in my garage, I wouldn’t put one in there....
Jul 12, 2012 | Am I still here?, Cultural chaos |
Let me start by saying I’ve never been homeless. Rethinking homelessness for me is knowing there are people in really tough situations without a home, and knowing I’m a few paychecks away from the same thing. I’m a middle-aged single mom, living in a nice suburban...
Jun 8, 2012 | Am I still here?, Book reviews |
I don’t read a lot of magazines. Not because I don’t like reading them, it’s more about buying a pricey publication that I’m supposed to throw away (recycle) once I’ve finished reading it. I’m not sure if it’s my hoarder...
May 17, 2012 | Am I still here?, Cultural chaos |
I decided to participate in the aday.org project on May 15th. Here’s the project description off the aday.org website: On this one single day we ask you to pick up your camera and help us photograph daily life. What is close to you? What matters to you? We will...
Sep 18, 2011 | Am I still here?, Cultural chaos |
There are just some things you rarely see in affluent suburban areas. I decided to walk to work this past week, and what did I see? #1, a whiskey bottle in a tree. It was empty. What? You would have checked too. I guess the good thing here is that the person...
Jun 11, 2011 | Am I still here?, Cultural chaos, Read the fine print |
Procrastinating is something I try not to do, but I seem to do it well. Apparently it’s one of my many gifts… Procrastinate. Watering my plants, returning the 1,000 emails in my inbox or renewing my drivers license. The plants are dead, I have a few...
May 31, 2011 | Am I still here?, Save $
On the last day of my no retail shopping challenge, I started my day as I do everyday. I turn on my espresso machine so it will heat up to make my latte. I got one latte out of it before it started constantly running, trying desperately to fill itself up with water,...
Oct 27, 2010 | Am I still here?, Cultural chaos, Seriously
Fun? At the mall? Yep. Fun to me is processing my surroundings. This includes activities like people watching, looking at marketing trends and seeing current styles while taking photos of all these observations. If you need to know my underlying reason for poking...
Oct 12, 2008 | Am I still here?
Coconut Grove is a popular nightspot in Miami, especially on a Saturday night. This is going to be a great evening I thought as I was driving home from work. I knew I would be driving, the Diet Coke plan would be best tonight. Finally, tonight was my first night...
Nov 27, 2007 | Am I still here?, Seriously |
Ok, so on the advice of my sister, I decided to fill out the personality test thing for free but not sign up for the service. So I did it. Got my personality profile. Interesting. So I’m now on the mailing list. Yeah. And there are some very interesting articles...
