There are a lot of things that divide us — not only as a country, but as a world. Political beliefs. Religious beliefs. Human rights, animal rights and God-given rights. Money, love, sex, power. Area code, eye color, hair color, ethnicity. Educat…

This is my 200th consecutive day of blogging. Whew. Two hundred days ago it was a new year. Change seemed to be on the horizon, and sure enough, change came. The new year brought a new engagement. Two, in fact. My best friend began planning her we…

I have travel on the brain. Not just any travel, but serious travel. Travel planned out for the next nine years. Travel based on lists I’ve made before, travel that’s based on pictures in my mind of places that I know exist. Travel that I won’t re…

I drove down to Newport Beach during lunch today to run an errand. Cruising PCH, it was beyond obvious how wonderful this part of the country is, and how blessed I feel to live in it. I’m sure we all feel that way about our little corner of the wo…

I was driving home from work this evening and it seemed like everyone around me had a case of the Mondays. People looked down in the mouth, and my fellow motorists were quite the grumpy bunch. As for me, I’m just glad that last week’s humidity is …

A friend of mine I went to college with would often call and ask me what I was doing. “Getting ready,” would usually be my response. He would always laugh when I’d say this, because I think he thought there was something more specific I was doing …

Sometimes I set out at the start of a day and I have a whole list of things to do. Go here, then there, and on my way to that place, I’ll swing through this place. On occasion, the “start” of my day may not be until 3 or 4pm, but those are the day…

Idle time is a funny thing. The bright side of idle time is time when you may intentionally be doing nothing except unwinding, recharging, sitting, thinking, wondering, listening or just generally being. It’s time when your only company may be a c…

Such a weird evening. I’m sitting here in complete darkness, save for the 11 candles which are lit all around me. Across the room, a small fake plant in a decorative tin basket sits on a glass top table; the candle in front of it is almost bringin…

If I get out during the lunch hour, I usually buzz a Starbucks near the office for an unsweetened passionfruit iced tea, drive aimlessly for 45 minutes, then run an errand just before heading back to the office. Today was one of those days when I …