A World Away
I’m writing this post from my hotel room in Kyoto, Japan—self-quarantined for a day to try to get the upper hand on a poorly-timed cold. In a country [...]
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Nov, 2018
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Oct, 2018
Empty Nest—Tricky Transition
In my September blog, I quoted a friend of Jessica’s, my protagonist in A Better Next. At a going away party for their respective sons and last children [...]
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Sep, 2018
Soup, Sox and Empty Nest
Last week I was at my lake place and experienced the first glimpse of fall. More like a bright flash-bulb in the face moment than a fuzzy image. [...]
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Aug, 2018
Skipping in Killer Heels
For awhile, “Skipping in Killer Heels” was the working title of my novel. So an article by April Wolfe, an LA based film critic, titled “Action Heroines find [...]
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Jul, 2018
Women Have an Edge
“Women seem to have an edge on executive level skills. I’m amazed at everything my wife does to keep our household humming, the kids schedules coordinated and our [...]
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Jun, 2018
Female Friends—Priceless
Make New Friends but keep the old…. As the saying goes… “One is Silver and the Other Gold”. I remember an older friend telling me years ago that [...]
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May, 2018
Time to act on Parity for Women
The other day I was at a club meeting for women leaders I have belonged to for years. The speaker was from Paradigm for Parity®, an organization dedicated [...]
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Apr, 2018
Office Housework Trap
Yesterday I heard buzz on the radio regarding a Harvard Biz Review article by researchers who had verified that workers who take on the tasks in an office [...]