A walk in the park plot twist

A walk in the park plot twist

Life is not a simple walk in the park, is it? There’s all those people and opinions plotting the demise of happiness from the vagary of their human nature. While “a walk in the park” is an idiom, people can just be idiots. As you know from my tag...
There’s Always an Upside

There’s Always an Upside

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward sky and heaven or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, do you listen UP when a topic comes UP – and never, never cut UP? When should we speak UP? You get written UP...
No good deed goes unpunished

No good deed goes unpunished

I first heard this statement in the summer of 1997. A wise mentor gave it voice after I’d written a ground-breaking grant and determined to shepherd its project to fruition. Naive person that I was, I learned its lesson hard. Eight years later I was diagnosed...
Bullying vs. Teasing

Bullying vs. Teasing

Within 20 minutes, I’d smoothly transitioned onto my fifth freeway, so locals can guess what day of the week it was and where I was. It was Saturday morning in central Orange County. I was headed from Irvine to Cal State Fullerton to attend the annual Stuttering...
The Great Recession

The Great Recession

“The Great Recession officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, but it sure seemed longer” was the lead line of a story in the AARP (yes, I am old enough to be a member) Bulletin last month.  I know, first hand, because I lost $16,000.00 when the...