I am not invisible

December 3, 2014
Have you heard? Women my age--let's call it "over 50" --are invisible. That's right. No one pays us any attention. We can't get work, we can't get men, our lives are...
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10 ways to make gifts special

December 2, 2014
Sometimes, the tiniest twist to a common gift can elevate a common gift to something special.  Here are 10 ways to make gifts special with practical but fun touches the...
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The dead want us to live deliberately

December 1, 2014
I had a super-long day of travel recently and used it to read Mike Dooley's new book, The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell You.  It was funny, it was profound...
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Tim Cook came out; moved us forward

November 30, 2014
Tim-Cook-out
  When Apple CEO Tim Cook came out, it was both an event and a non-event. It was a non-event because here in Silicon Valley, most of us knew he was gay--he's never...
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Most outrageous Christmas gift

November 29, 2014
I dropped into a Starbucks the other day and saw this on display.  It's a small, ceramic Starbucks cup Christmas ornament designed with Swarovski crystals.  "Limited...
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Moving on when it’s time

November 28, 2014
moving-on
I don't know about you, but sometimes I hold on to concepts things (and people) too long. Way past their expiration date. Loss of any kind? We're not built to take...
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Sometimes, just say thank you for life, itself

November 27, 2014
“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of...
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Make the world a little kinder

November 26, 2014
I'm still ...what is the word? "reeling" isn't exactly it and "sad" is close, so maybe I'll just say that I'm still thinking about Ferguson and how we got to that place...
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Peace on earth: benediction and beacon home

November 25, 2014
This was published in Nov. 2011 in my local Patch.com edition, but I thought it was appropriate for this week. It was 1984, and I’d just arrived in California,...
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Holiday air travel tips

November 24, 2014
holiday-air-travel-tips
The other week we flew across the country from SFO to the western NY city that is our hometown, Rochester.  There was a full schedule of events and a full house at...
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