(Part 1 is here) Imagine a world… a world in which you get to finish a thought. Several thoughts. A world in which your day doesn’t start out with a bombardment of finding out who wants what via email, doesn’t have multiple people during the day asking you, “Can I ask you a question?”, and [...]

I have this list of 50 Things I want to do in my lifetime (that’s a whole other post) and things on it include everything to running a marathon (did it), jumping out of an airplane (did it), to taking an Ikebana class while I was in Japan (did that, too). I want to take [...]

When my sister and I were kids, I remember sitting at the dinner table watching my parents quiz her on geography. I don’t know why I escaped this (I can only assume that, at the age of 7 or 8, she must have demonstrated some grossly obvious lack of knowledge) so my parents took it [...]

As we pack to go to Japan, the first thing that happens is that I think of a bunch of things that will make the trip go better, and then Will negates all most of them, saying we don’t need them. Well, yes, technically that’s true and we could be CAMPING instead and making fire [...]

(or some of them, at least!) No make-up No jewelry No tight clothing No thongs No underwire bras No watches or alarm clocks No schedule Sneakers and sandals No ringing phones No news, no tv Good stuff to read Good food, good wine Something involving water – a spa, a beach, a lake I’ve just [...]

I just spent a day lounging around a hot tub, a pool, and world-class amenities for a mere $25 for a day pass, including lunch at The Crossings here in Austin. See, I do what everyone else does, which is that on my day off, I catch up on errands and appointments and all the [...]

You know how you’re in the car, driving along and your spouse doesn’t follow your directions? Or you’re the one driving, and your spouse doesn’t know how to read a map and you get lost AGAIN?  Or you’re both so busy getting pissed off at each other that you miss the exit? Now add in [...]

I ran a marathon 13 years ago. I say it was just to check the damn thing off my list of things to do, and while I’ve done some crazy stuff since then, it still remains as one of the harder things I finished. For a few reasons – one was that my heart condition [...]