This Woman Challenged Me And This Is What Happened

So I blog (irregularly!) for my editorial website.  Try as I might, I find myself getting a blog posted about twice a month.  Hopefully.  Sometimes, not so much! I’ve written an editorial blog for about a zillion years—long before it was even called a blog.  LOL. ...

Shift Your Mindset And other BS: 2 Simple Tools

Man, do we hear this all the time these days. Be confident. Be happy. Think positively. All good ideas, in theory. But how do you make them actually work? Positive thinking as a mindset has been around a long, long time. Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich is a...

ARE YOU YOUR ENEMY?

Man, I sure can be! It seems that with particular setbacks, which of course we all have, at times I can descend into total self-pity. And we all know where that leads! Not everything works out. Now I know, that’s not a news flash. But when you’re in the arena, you’re...

HERE I AM CRANKY, HAPPY, AND A SIDE OF REGRET

So, I plan my life. Meticulously. Wearing 4 distinct hats, each of the endeavors under them pretty much a full-time job. I sometimes end up panting at one time or another during the day. You know the drill—where you’re racing to keep pace with the insanity of your...

The Best Advice I Ever Got

And I thought it was about writing. Well, it was about writing, that part’s for sure. But as art imitates life and vice-versa, this wisdom was about both. A couple of decades ago I participated in a writer’s group, for many years. And made tons of friends there, many...