I have a crush on Seth Godin. It’s been going on for a while. Since before I launched One Woman’s Eye. A friend suggested I start following him. I was still new to the blogosphere. I’m not even sure I fully understood what a blog was. But I listened and Seth’s blog became the first […]
The Silver Aluminum Tree: A Christmas Story
I think it started the year we got the aluminum Christmas tree. Artificial trees were in vogue in the early 70s. My mother had enough of cleaning up pine needles all the way to August. She seized the opportunity and bought one. Silver. She always liked to be a little different so she chose silver. […]
Passion In The Face Of The Naysayers
I am supposed to be working on an essay on humiliation for a new writing class. But this is what happens when I have an assignment with a deadline. All of a sudden I get an idea to write something else. I was inspired by an email this morning. It was in response to a […]
Mom and Me
There a myriad of benefits that manifest in a life that is not centered around the rigidity of the 9 to 5 day. Many you expect. Like working in your pajamas. Not wearing makeup. Going to the gym at 11 in the morning. Then there are the others that catch you by surprise. One that […]
My Dad, 23 Years Later
My Dad died twenty three years ago today. For a long time after I could not remember the exact date. I just knew it was the end of September. My mother generally reminded me. She remembers dates. Birthdays. Anniversaries. And yes, the dates that those closest to her died. Not me. I wouldn’t remember a […]
Savoring Moments: Father’s Day 2009
One of the many lessons I have learned this past year while chronicling my reinvention of life after Corporate America is that it is not just what I do for a living has that has changed. It’s how I look at almost everything. Take today. Father’s Day. For year’s I have pretty much ignored the […]
