I entered the workplace at a young age – my first job had few requirements and a stipend of Milky Way bars and Bazooka bubble gum. Observing managerial styles, the secretarial pool or the need to make it up as I went along offered up a variety of skill-sets, experience and useful know-how. All gained […]
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I like to read. A lot. Always have. I vividly recall early visits to the library and the hushed sensation of much anticipatory delight. Searching the stacks, I looked forward to an adventurous short story, a mysterious romp or an amusing tale. What care I took in choosing my six books and placing them atop the check-out
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Look at me. HERE I AM. Gaze at me. Have a good look. Give me the once-over. SEE ME. Consider me. Relate to me. OO-OO-PICK MEEEE. My professional calling card back in the day. A very CLOSE-UP likeness of my kisser. No pocket-sized, wallet-sized innocent snapshots are these, but rather zoomed in magnifications of
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As 2021 stumbles to an end and we head towards the hoopla of counting down to the New Year I think it best that I have a little chat with the fast approaching year ahead. Deep breath. So 2022… how ya feelin’? I can only imagine the pressure you are under – being forced
My daughters were baffled when they got wind of the fact that I was not even an every-now-and-then doobie partaker. Bewildered that I never snorted anything. Flabbergasted that my high school years were not loaded with alcohol-infused partying. And I think a bit disappointed. They are still not convinced! According to them…“Are you kidding me?!
Don’t even think about uttering… THE “C” WORD. Although several years ago for us, I am reminded that it is that time of year for many. Time when thoughts give voice to the dubious “C” word. A word that manages to escape from many a mouth… emphatic, unpleasant, tactless… over and over again. And friends
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