by PJColando | Nov 26, 2024 | blog post, Purpose
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles W. Eliot, American academic and 21st president of Harvard University in his 1896 book, The Happy...
by PJColando | Oct 31, 2024 | blog post, rant, sorrow
So, on Thursday, October 24, I endured a lumbar spinal puncture ordered by my specialty neurologist, who’s in the hunt for a diagnosis for my intermittent muscle spasms/joint jerks. For nearly four years, this disturbing condition has ruled my life to varying...
by PJColando | Oct 12, 2021 | blog post, Featured, Purpose, Uncategorized
Word by word, whether spoken or written, words count. Words matter – They tell us who we are They tell us where we are They turn strangers into friends, though they can turn friends into enemies in an instant words have power words have authority words can...
by PJColando | Dec 8, 2020 | blog post, Purpose
Almost incomprehensible to me is the emergence and reliance of online interface during our home-stay, now nearing nine months of 2020. My husband and I are wildly gregarious, so quarantine initially made us glum. We felt cut off from the world, outcasts in our own...
by PJColando | Mar 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Writing requires judicious revision, a truism that used to alarm the novel novelist that was me. No more. I’m more assured in my skills. Writing can effortful, not glib, for some, though seldom for me. It requires accountability: to be purposeful and precise,...
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