Making It Work
When a prospective bride revealed that she would be using her fiancé’s surname after marriage, an acquaintance expressed mild surprise. …
Tag Archives: Attitude
That Lost Hour
I lost an hour this past weekend. You too? Daylight savings time (also called summer time in several countries) arrived …
All That Had Gone Before
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred …
Reflecting
Rich, a reader, writes — I remember as a child, walking with my parents, how the world seemed to be …
Tracking
Between Austria and Italy, there is a section of the Alps called the Semmering. It is an impossibly steep, very …
Out of My Mind
If it’s still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk. – Paulo Coelho Several years ago my end-of-year …
A Most Unfortunate Blend
A village was planning a gala New Year’s Eve celebration. Every inhabitant of the village was asked to contribute a …
Crushed!
Alice was sitting in the waiting room for her first appointment with a new dentist. Looking around the waiting room, …
Keepin’ the Dream Alive
It was twenty years ago. I was a manager of a department in a corporate office outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. …
Action Without Action
I have decided to do nothing. To take no action. To go with the flow. To wait things out. To …
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