Month: January 2018
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Blog Challenge Day 7 – What Day Are We Up To?
What Day Are We Up To? The Blog Challenge started out well but somehow, lately, deadlines are rushing past me faster than the Bullet Train leaving Shanghai Station. The question ‘What day are we up to?’ seems to be creeping into my thoughts more often than I care to acknowledge. The new year has just…
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Day 6 Blog Challenge – Thank You For Making A Difference!
Making A Difference! How often do we say to someone we meet, “Thank you for making a difference!” My personal experience is – ‘not nearly enough!’ And I meet people almost daily who make a huge difference in my life; I just don’t tell them that they do. Maybe in subtle ways they get the…
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Day 5 Blog Challenge – Advice
“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.” John Steinbeck. My Advice? Take It Or Leave It! Why do we seek advice Who do we seek it from And how likely are we to follow the advice given When we ask for advice are…
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Day 4 Blog Post Challenge
I believe in starting where I’m at… It is Day 4 of the Blog Post Challenge, yet this is just my second blog post. By my calculations I still have another two posts to write today so that when the Day 5 Challenge lands in my inbox tomorrow, I’ll be ready for it. But for…
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Blog Post Challenge
The Pen Is Poised And The Gloves Are Off! Let The Blog Post Challenge Begin Today I signed up for a Blog Post Challenge – to post a blog each day of January. So, I’ve taken off the gloves, the virtual pen is poised, and I’m ready to write. Given that I’m already a few…
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The Beauty Of Seattle
Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta The beautiful buildings of Seattle have left me speechless many times, but the beauty of the city is not only in its buildings and parks, but in its people. Seattle has some amazingly beautiful people calling this spectacular place home. At every…