“Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.” ~ Orison Swett Marden
Read more...WACKY WORD OF THE DAY – March 12, 2013
ELYSIAN (adjective) = sweet, blissful, delightful (In Greek mythology, Elysium was the final resting place of the souls of heroes and the virtuous.)
Read more...TODAY’S QUOTE – March 12, 2013
“If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that 9 will run into the ditch before they reach you.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
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POTVALIANCY (noun) – the bravery that accompanies being drunk (Use this word in a sentence for a chance to win a free book)
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“The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.” ~ Seneca
Read more...Wacky Word of the Day – March 10, 2013
OBDURATE (adjective) = stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing or unmoved by persuasion. (Can you use this word in a sentence? If so, you’ll be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of one of my books!)
Read more...Wacky Word of the Day – March 9,2013
AMYGDALIFORM (adjective) = shaped like an almond (a-uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm) (Use this word in a sentence and you’ll be entered in this month’s drawing to win a free copy of one of my books!)
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NUMEN (noun) = a divine power or spirit often identified with a natural object, phenomenon, or place (Use this word in a sentence and you’ll be entered in this month’s drawing for one of my books!)
Read more...The Toughest Woman I’ve Ever Known… My Mom
I’ve dreaded this day for a long time, the day I would say goodbye to Mom – to both my parents, actually. Just 15 months ago I said my final farewell to Daddy. I now begin a new chapter in my life; it is going to be very different. My mother was the toughest person I have ever known, probably ever will. I lost count, but over the last year she had a least a dozen surgeries and was hospitalized or in the ER many, many times. You know you are spending too much time at the hospital when the parking attendants know your first name. Mom endured dialysis for her […]
Read more...Aging is no Laughing Matter… Or IS It?
I turned 52 yesterday…yikes. I used to think people in their 50s were lame and already had one foot in the grave. Well, now I’m there and it happened in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, I’m nowhere near a cemetery (she says crossing her fingers) and I’m still pretty cool – in a middle age kind of way, that is. Admittedly, I don’t let my bra straps show, I don’t have any tattoos or piercings on my face, I prefer Aerosmith to Nicki Minaj, and my goblet holds a dry Chardonnay instead of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill, but I do have my contemporary moments. My kids tell me I’m […]
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