A Look at Thanksgiving Traditions
The most common Thanksgiving holiday traditions are:- Giving Thanks - Thanksgiving Day Parade - Football - Breaking the wishbone - Turkey and Trimmings I am unclear how the genealogy section of About.com determined this; yet intuitively it appears correct. Ever curious (and always looking for con...
You just never know...
Early morning routine: Jack, my dog, and I are taking our walk. His leash is in my hand, my headphones are clamped over my ears; I am absorbed in the back-and-forth of my favorite podcast. Jack and I; just doin' our thing.The neighborhood is residential; no major thoroughfares, so I'm quite cogni...
Who do you think you are?
I have a very unassuming, quick-thinking question. Don't ponder the answer; just blurt it out. Ready? (Um, that's not the question.)Here we go: "Who are you?"At first blush, it's such an innocuous query and our replies come by rote. We provide our name. But, in reality, that's not accurate, becau...
How Your Emotions Can Affect Long-Term Change
Between the covers of the business book currently on my nightstand, the author devotes few pages to discussing cash flow or spreadsheets, while much ink is dedicated to changing one's thoughts about money. It is her premise that our income basically determined more by how we think than by the act...
Can We Be Social Without Going Out to Eat?
I hadn't seen him in years even though we live in the same town. You know how it is, I'm busy, so is he. Time got away from us. It's not like we had a disagreement, or we didn't want to see each other; it's just that, well, life kicked in...I answered the phone, "Hey Scott," says he, "I just real...