I make my living as a waitress. I consider myself a professional. I find it’s a career choice that people are both intrigued and repelled by. The restaurant industry is a strange one. It’s a whole different way of life. It’s not just the working evenings. It’s the mystery, the romance, the chaos, the stress. […]
I Loved Easter, Until the Church Got Involved
Easter has always been a big deal for me. When I was a kid, my parents bought each of their seven children a new outfit, including hats, bags and gloves for the girls. I still have a soft spot for patent leather shoes and mauve hats. When I was five or six, I was astounded […]
Give Your Life Some Soul: An Interview with Artist Shannon Grissom
Artist, musician and TV host of “Give Your Walls Some Soul” talks about how pursuing your passion is vital to your happiness and your health.
Easter in Rome is Not for the Faint of Heart
About five years ago, my sister Angie and I both happened to be in Europe. She was teaching in England, and I was working at my company’s branch in Dusseldorf, Germany. Yes, there was a time that I had a “real” job. After six months of that I extracted myself from the lifestyle (read: I […]
The Secret Psychology of the Perfectly Basted Egg
Some people just ask for too much from life and are chronically disappointed. My husband is not this kind of person. In fact, I think he is one of the most easy going people I’ve ever met, except when it comes to eggs. More specifically, how eggs are cooked. How his eggs are cooked. I […]
Love Letters From My Spam Folder
I keep a blog. And my blog takes the time to identify spam comments and drops them into a spam folder for me. I don’t know how my blog does this, but I do appreciate her efforts nonetheless. But I never just blindly delete all of the spam folder’s contents. Quite the contrary, in fact. […]
An Angel Trying to Come Home
There is a painting hanging in my kitchen. It was given to me by the woman I bought this house from. She was a single mother too. She raised three children in this house. We bonded almost immediately and dealt with most of the sale transaction without the realtor. We preferred it that way; we […]
The Wild Grandeur of Australia’s Kangaroo Island
Set amidst the wild grandeur of South Australia, Kangaroo Island offers beauty, luxury, exotic wildlife, romance, adventure and one of the most amazing destinations in the world — Southern Ocean Lodge.
Craving Silence: Yoga Amidst the TV’s Yammer
When the neighbor’s TV continually crushes the peaceful mediation of yoga practice, a person either needs to take action or rethink his reaction.
My Bi-polar Blood Stained Existence in A War-Ravaged Society
My life is full of contradictions, or what I call my bi-polar activity. Not that I have some clinically diagnosed chemical imbalance in my aging grey matter; rather, unlike most of my friends whose work and home life are often inter-related, mine is completely disparate.
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