ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
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Clear filters ×career · Courage
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of…we know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.”—Blaise Pascal As I walked Miles one cold Sunday afternoon recently at our favorite park, I was pondering my career and…
4 min read Read The Heart Knowscareer · Courage
“Coda: a concluding segment of a piece of music, a dance, or a statement. It’s usually short and adds a final embellishment beyond a natural ending point.”—Vocabulary.com Here I am, on the precipice once again. Corporate job—over. Writing life—ready to resume. I’ve…
4 min read Read CodaMusicOfMyLife · Baltimore
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.—Berthold Auerbach, poet and author I can chart the course of my life through song from the earliest days when my parents’ hi-fi played Oklahoma, The King and I, My Fair Lady…
6 min read Read The Soundtrack of My Lifecareer · celebrations
“Mirror Mirror on the wall, I’m my mother after all.” Mom helping me dress wedding day 1982 It happened just the other day when I went into the downstairs bath to get a tissue. I looked into the mirror as is my habit…
4 min read Read Mirror Mirrorcareer · family
What if I change course to pursue a lifestyle of fun, learning and writing? Since moving to Baltimore last fall, I spent time just being, what I always craved when I had communications jobs where I had prestige yet no time to…
3 min read Read A new life…and making pies
