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Poignancy of a Friday sunset

| January 14, 2012 | 3 Comments

Atlanta has been having some awfully lovely sunsets, of late. The kind that stop you in your tracks, that stretch as far as you can see from edge to edge: salmons and blues, corals and pinks, bright gold and turquoise. Each a marvel this week. But I’ll tell you: one stopped me in my tracks. [...]

Risky Fingers~~

| May 23, 2011 | 5 Comments

An innocent & very fun family game of backyard Touch Football, not too long ago, ended up being a) very laugh-filled and b) yielding for me a Hand Injury that surprised us all. Turns out, with every one of us taking turns going out for passes and running across the grass, the tendon in my left-hand [...]

Lessons from a bow-legged Terrier Mix

| February 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

My cute little adopted dog Morgan Brogan has a pretty vivid personality. Short legs, big wide brown eyes, flop down ears, and a permanently curled tail, she’s a mixture of several different kinds of dog-ancestors. Her grandparents might have included a dachshund, a Jack Russell, a beagle and a Corgie, I think. (who knows?). She [...]

Part two of a Post: Still gulping

| October 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

Applying for certification As confessed in an earlier post, I’m a newcomer to the world of applying for professional certification. Though curious, I’ve never put myself through those hoops since grad school and teacher certification (lo those many years ago).  Recently, though, thanks to the nudges of this good Risk-Lovin community, I felt the gumption bubbling [...]

Applying for certification (gulping all the way)

| September 13, 2010 | 1 Comments

I have always been curious about the various professional certification programs that folks go through, in their areas of expertise. Interested in hearing about those, but sort of mopping my brow in relief that I didn’t have to go through all that.  For all of my professional life as a trainer & facilitator, the standard [...]

One good joke that says it all

| July 13, 2010 | 3 Comments

Among the many surprises and gifts that I find, in being an aunt of two (pre-teen) boys, is that I get to be an audience member for endless strings of Joke-Telling practices.   I’ve mastered the truthiness of being “in the moment” to laugh along & encourage them….even when I’ve heard that joke a couple dozen times [...]

carpe-ing the diem~~

| June 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

I had a funny moment of enlightenment lately (and I nearly missed it)~ A solid, accessible option for a restoring-kind of Saturday Day Trip, and I almost let it pass me by. Lucky for me that the universe grabbed me by the lapels –like that great Mary Engelbreit illustration– and said “Snap Out Of It!” A friend had [...]

Place and Memories, woven together

| May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

A few days ago, I drove through a sweet, cozy neighborhood in Atlanta where I used to live –certainly off the beaten path, like a well-kept secret. It’s shaded by tall, hundred-year-old pine trees, and has a sparkling creek running through the front yards.  Lush, green and quiet, this was a wonderful place to live. The bittersweet [...]

Use your words, find your voice~~

| March 13, 2010 | 3 Comments

I had a funny little experience this week that made me think anew about language—our chosen words, the amazing miracle of how we learn vocabulary starting in our toddler years, and the ways that words can shape our experiences. This week at work, we had a guest named Jan…(pronounced “yawn”). A lively, amiable man, he’s [...]

Diverging A Bit

| February 13, 2010 | 3 Comments

As many other folks are mentioning here lately,  being a part of this community of Risk-Alert and gutsy folks is good for my spirit.  And I’m aware today of that risking-thing related to the latest way I’ve been employed (you know.. earning the bread and butter, or as I always say:  Heading to the office now [...]