Being (wisely) loyal to yourself.
I know this might come as a surprise (kidding!) but I’ve never been in a fist fight. I have come close though. I worked with some tough and powerful and big-hearted kids early in my career – and they’re still tough and powerful and big-hearted. One day about a year into my high school […]
A very specific letter – and listening to mall music.
In the 1980s my dad went through a period of several years where he would write (and by “write” I mean he would dictate to his secretary) a sort of ‘group letter’ weekly. He would send it by mail to any of his children and family living away from home. It would contain his busy […]
Subarus – and avoiding distress.
I just bought a brand new Subaru and part of me feels more at home than it has for a while. When I got married 4 years ago, I quickly purchased a bigger non-Subaru SUV because I think I felt like I needed to spread my wings and be someone ‘new’? After all, I […]
Validating our emotions – and turbulence.
I may have mentioned a few times on this blog that I am what my parents used to term a ‘worry wart’. Blame it on my Enneagram 6 personality or the fact that I was sandwiched between two risk-taking siblings or blame it on my worrier Grandma, Bessie, but …… I worry. (“Hello, my name […]
The Outsiders and Where You Belong.
(photo cred: @davidburnettfoto) When I was 16 years old, and finally able to drive myself, I discovered two of my to-this-day favorite things: Going to the movies, and The Outsiders. I didn’t know it then, but going to a movie – in a movie theatre – allowed my brain a distraction from the constant […]
Girls State – and cutting those apron strings.
My Mom – and Dad, if he were here – would tell you that out of all their children, I was the one most tightly ‘holding on to my Mom’s apron strings’ when I was little. To say I didn’t like to be away from them is a bit of an understatement. In those pre-cell […]
Sally’s Favorites – and reinvention.
I love to eat great food. Love it. And because of this, people in my life would often ask me during my single years for recommendations on where to go out to eat. They also asked about movies and TV shows and donuts and a few other things. Not because I have particularly great style […]
Following arrows – and Clyde Tombaugh.
In my research this week, I serendipitously came across the story of a man named Clyde Tombaugh. I hope you know who he is, but I have a feeling that, like me before a few days ago, you don’t. I will tell you what he’s known for, I promise. But first I want to […]
A large ladybug and having a say.
When my dad was being recruited to the University of Utah from the University of Minnesota, I was 7½ years old. There are a plethora of reasons why he decided to accept the offer, not the least of which was the closer proximity to both his and mom’s families in California. At that time I […]
Truly Loved and Fully Known.
For several years now, my sweet Mom and my sister Sharon have had the momentous task of gathering and meticulously going through all of the people and paper contained in the boxes of my Dad’s life in order for Sharon to write his biography. It is a labor of love which is p r […]
