Another month – another fabulous gathering of Women of Substance. I had suggested we eat at the Purple Burrito because I’d heard good things about it even though I’ve never eaten there. I got there first, coming straight from a meeting, and as soon as I walked in, I just didn’t like the place. It had [...]
Archive for January 2010
Women of Substance – The Clique! Leave a comment
Over…and Under The Weather 1 comment
Okay, let me state for the record that I’m officially over winter. I realize it’s only been with us a few weeks but it has shown no signs of Al Gore’s global warming and I’m tired of single digit temps, snow on the ground and having to wear a coat. Enough is enough! Guess I’ve [...]
Only The Good Die Young Leave a comment
When Billy Joel penned his pro-lust lyrics of “Only The Good Die Young” he was actually borrowing a phrase from Menander, a fourth century poet who wrote “Whom the gods love die young.” It’s a song I’ve always like because of the catchy melody and fun lyrics but this week the title words hit home. [...]
Travel Agent 2 comments
This morning when we awoke it was -2 degrees on our deck. Anytime the temps are in the single digits is bad enough but throwing in that minus sign really has me dreaming of warmer climes. Fortunately we have kids who live where the temps are moderate and so far they act like they love [...]
Blogiversary #3 Leave a comment
Shifting Gears has now left the Terrible Twos and arrived at the Trying Threes! Since I am hard-wired to stats, I can report that in the past year, I posted 249 blog entries which is an average of one post every 1.47 days. Fascinating, huh? But I’m having fun writing and even though I check the [...]
Delightful Decade Leave a comment
The media seems to be having a feeding frenzy with all kinds of lists about the past decade. Since I’m one of those purists who feels the 21st century actually began 1/1/01 and NOT 1/1/00, I think we have another year to go on the first decade of this century but apparently I’m a minority. What’s [...]
