getting real

Navigating BlogHer12 from within

July 24, 2012

At my last two BlogHer conferences, I succumbed to the siren song of swag. The song is so sweetly alluring. But, like a sugary candy bar, it doesn’t actually nourish, nor does it satisfy for long. What was this swag that called to me in dulcet tones? A melange of tunes and harmonies: 10 minutes [...]

Opposing forces and unsolvable mysteries

June 18, 2012

Not long ago I wrote about what a cad John F Kennedy was. Not news to anyone, but in the news because of a book. As some of you pointed out, the President is not able to refute any claims, so we must be aware that we may never know the truth about his philandering. [...]

For shame

June 7, 2012

I have buried two shameful secrets for most of my life. Today I’m coming clean. Which is not easy for a recovering perfectionist. ~~~~~ The first involved the Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee. When I was in 6th grade I made it to the district level and breezed through the written portion of the contest. I got [...]

Find the perfection in imperfection

November 7, 2011

In the early 1990s, when I was a lonely yuppie, yearning to meet the man who would make my heart sing and to start a family with him, I read a book by Dan Millman called The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose. I knew that my life [...]

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