You’ve Schooled Me!
Who ME? You ask. Yes. Yes – YOU! Over the last 25 years I have sat at my proverbial desk, holding my mental notebook in hand and jotting down notes in my mind. And you, my friend, have totally SCHOOLED ME! ———- REWIND First let me back up a bit. I am an educator by…
Read More“Chameleon-ing”
It was the 1970’s. Everyone was doing it. All my friends had that Dorothy Hammill look — even the guys. It was a bowl haircut and it was COOL! Of course, it was only cool and it only looked good on certain people with a certain kind of hair. The kind of hair that was…
Read MoreHer Name is Alicia
I don’t know Alicia … personally. Yet, she almost feels like family. I hear her voice in my head. Alicia is the product specialist at Hardy Nutritionals – the micronutrient company that provides the probiotics and daily essential supplementation that are KEY to bolstering cells and promoting health to the gut microbiome and subsequently increasing…
Read MoreA Swift Kick to the O’s
It was a beautiful scarf … silky, multi-colored. And she wore it well. Barb entered my training studio on that blustery day in early September when the weather in Colorado begins its schizophrenic frenzy. The tails of her head scarf swirled in the breeze as she walked in the door – a questioning look…
Read MoreWhich “I” do I ?
Overwhelmed. Yep. That’s me right now. So many changes – happening all at once. Some good, some not so good, some neutral. Let’s see, perhaps I should list them. Oh, not for your benefit, but for mine so that I can see a little snapshot of what I am attempting to navigate: I am now…
Read MoreWelcome to the Jungle
She plopped down right beside me. “I know you!”, she said, smiling. “You’re Michele.” I’m racking my brain. Let’s see … I’m in Creede, Colorado, a teeny, tiny little town I’ve never visited, sitting in a restaurant I didn’t know existed. Now – mind you – I’ve been in some very “off the beaten path”…
Read MoreMusings on the Mower…
“I wish I lived, ‘BACK THEN’ “, my youngest daughter often blurts. “BACK THEN?”, I reply with a little “Are you calling me OLD?!?” in my voice. What she means, exactly, is that life seemed to be simpler, sweeter, less technical/digital. And she is right, of course! I’m really glad she notices the difference. As…
Read MoreDiary of a Mad Menopausal Women PART II !!!
Perhaps I was only partly in my right mind when I wrote the Diary of a MMW Part I, because ohhhhh there’s so much more! So many wonderful nuggets of information that should be, no … NEED TO BE shared. TMI perhaps? But of course. Because let me tell you … everything about this stage…
Read MoreBully on Your Back
Sssshhhh! Listen …. Do you hear that? Sounds like jeering. Where is it coming from? Sure feels up close and personal, but you look right, then left – just in case. There it is again. Sneering this time – laughing that “AT YOU” kind of laugh meant to make you feel small and powerless –…
Read MoreLyrical Lingu: The Caliginous Night
The following lines are not my own, however, I have pulled together song lyrics and have juxtaposed them into my own, free-flowing thought process … my own interpretative verse. It is, in its entirety, lyrics borrowed from songs that have moved me deeply in relation to my own pain and internal struggles. Maybe you, too,…
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