Marlene Dietrich always has the best quotes.

“With careful grooming a woman can take ten years off her age…but you can’t fool a flight of stairs.” — Marlene Dietrich as told to Chrissie Hynde as told to Sandra Bernhard For the first time in my life, one of my joints is giving my trouble purely because of age. One needs one’s kneesContinue reading “Marlene Dietrich always has the best quotes.”

The 4th U.S. impeachment in my lifetime – will there be more?

The first one for me was monumental in that the process worked and people actually took responsibility for their words and actions. Who remembers where they were on August 8, 1974? I was teaching summer camp and I gathered all of my tribe together to explain exactly what was going on. Their little eyes gotContinue reading “The 4th U.S. impeachment in my lifetime – will there be more?”

Took a short break as you can tell but whew…

I admittedly have been holding my breath for the US election to be complete and the horrible 77 days afterwards until we were deemed safe from the the orange garbage can and the thankfully dwindling number of sycophants. It is quite simple really. He was not a nice human being… After surviving Nixon (at leastContinue reading “Took a short break as you can tell but whew…”

Experiencing the need to slow down a bit but not stop

More of a personal note today. A great deal of my friends are retired – in various ways but they are not working full time. I was poised to start some consulting/freelance work in post production for only the 2nd time in all of my 4 careers but then – well COVID… I got busyContinue reading “Experiencing the need to slow down a bit but not stop”

Asynchronous vs synchronous communication

The onslaught of more and more brief online communique has made decision making and agenda setting nearly impossible digitally. Even though I am technically proficient having spent over 20 years in the tech industry, I keep in mind my audience when I am trying to reach out as it runs the spectrum: simple international textingContinue reading “Asynchronous vs synchronous communication”

Starting once again…

#aginggracefully #babyboomer I started blogging on a separate platform and due to some technical issues, most content was blown away unfortunately. So here we are again – have you ever looked up and suddenly realized that you were the oldest one in room? It is happening more and more often for me. It comes upContinue reading “Starting once again…”