This week, a cautionary tale: a re-post of Blog 83 from October 14, 2016, VISA and the Man. Lily and 9 send their regrets and will return soon!   I was in my employer’s break room, reading an article about women in public accounting in a trade magazine. According...

I know, I know. How can I write a blog without Lily and 9? But I really need to excuse them today because the topic is women’s health. True, they are both female and will actively ponder women’s health for about eighty percent of their lives. But that time is not now....

Note that this is not stuck with the people inside- -if I didn’t have the balancing presence of Lily and 9 in my life right now I’d really be hurting.   Glad we can help. Ditto!   And 9, I want to wish you a happy second 9-a-versay! You first made yourself...

Wow, what a week! On Monday I met with the estimator from my preferred HVAC company for an estimate on a tankless water heater to replace the prehistoric behemoth in the basement that was having- -issues. I accepted the bid later that day. Forward!   On Tuesday,...

Today, jam is on my mind. I’ve been thinking about one of my favorite books from childhood, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Saw There by Lewis Carroll.   I love that book! Ditto!!   Thank you, Lily and 9. It’s always a happy thing when the three of...

Spring. A season of hope laced with atmospheric capriciousness. Nature’s cycle of beginnings and endings. Winter into spring, dormancy into growth, darkness into light. Beginnings and endings in other arenas, too. Notes from beta readers nudge me toward my...