Story Gifting

Story Gifting

I have written many times about the power of stories,  but today I will give an example of how they can be used to change embarrassing situations into joy. I am seated in a lunch restaurant a fair distance from my home, with my back to the dining room. As I was...
The Universe in a blink

The Universe in a blink

It’s amazing how fast the brain is. A whole universe can be imagined in a thought. You look at your watch, and almost no time had passed at all. I arrived for my appointment at the Artful Dodger early, and sat outside in the sun on a bench next to a tree, just...

New Weeks Resolution

I like Monday.  I think of it as a mini-new week, and I start fresh with resolutions. Recently I blogged here about no longer reading books,  or more accurately, ebooks on my phone at lunch. Instead, I have been reading Facebook and playing Jewel games.  At that...
The Smartphone taught me to read.

The Smartphone taught me to read.

I had a smartphone before you did. Long before. It took me a lot of mental memory just now, but I figured out this is actually my sixth smartphone, and third format change. My first, a black and white Kyocera was my entry into the hand held world of computing and my...

Commercials

The first one that breaks the piñata gets less than everyone else. I just saw a commercial where they implied that training in life is good, and they used an example of a girl who twirled herself at home for hours so she could handle the blindfolded twirl at her...