When I first saw a Yahoo Style post about interns who got fired after protesting the dress code at work, my first thought wasn’t “oh there those millennials go again … when will they learn?”. Disgruntlement Among Employees Is Multi-Generational My first thought was about a different communication. It was different because it was anonymous (whereas […]
Taking It on the Chin: My Overzealous Waxing Pro and Me
Most of the time, I feel like my spirit is younger than my physical age. My body, however, insists on exhibiting signs of middle age no matter how youthful I feel at heart. Fun With Midlife I have been getting my brows waxed for years; it’s more effective and quicker than tweezing. That didn’t feel like […]
One Simple Conversation at a Time: #StopHIVTogether
This post is made possible by support from the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign. All opinions are my own. In the late 1980s, I explained how to use a condom to hundreds of men I didn’t know who had called the Florida AIDS Hotline as they tried to figure out what to do about the […]
Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
I first became acquainted with Barbara Ross when my mother-in-law, Barb, was on the executive director selection committee for the agency that is now Lighthouse of the Big Bend. As the years elapsed, we became friends. I have always respected her many professional gifts; I love her loyalty, perceptiveness, and communicativeness as a friend. Barbara has had […]
73 Questions
When I looked back through old blog drafts, I remembered my fleeting interest in the 73 Questions feature from Vogue Magazine. I became interested in this format when I read Being Rudri’s version. Here’s my stab at it! 1. How long have you been in the area? 31 years in Tallahassee (with 3 years in New York dividing two […]
Four Heartfelt Takeaways From Running
Then, somehow, from a place beyond sense or strategy, she breaks forward, unpinned from her body’s flaws and marvels. It’s only courage that takes her the final distance. Only grit. ~Paula McLain As I was struggling through a 4-mile run last week, I was listening to Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Horse racing is […]