The Escape Artist

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So, this is a rather long story if you care to indulge yourself in epic failures I’ve had, that somehow changed my life for the better. I landed a job once at a time when I needed it most, though my entire life as I knew it was going to hell. A place I had…More

a rock & a hard place

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I got stalled out big time over the last few weeks. “Hey…it happens”, says my friend Jay. I rather enjoyed being given permission to have down time and stare down that big rock in my path for a while. By the end of the second week , we had become friends and here I sit,…More

Maps & Dreamers

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Do you have a map somewhere on your wall? A world map? A map of the country you live in? I have both, and I look at them often, both to see where I’ve been, and where I’m going next. Maps are for dreamers I think. After all, they are nothing but an abstract creation…More

Geography lesson

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Tomorrow I’m off on a little trip taking my very favorite form of transportation – the train. I have a long standing love affair with the train, having been stricken at one time in my life with a terrible fear of flying incident. It was a situational phobia, brought on by the death of my…More

investing

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Just returned from a trip back East. Family, friends and business all jumbled into one great experience. It occurred to me that in the past, it was important to ‘shop’ for things to bring back from trips, and while I still love looking at new and different things, now my focus has shifted to sharing…More

Look harder…

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Sometimes the hardest thing to see is what’s in front of your eyes.   (photo by Catherine Massaro)