What A Difference A Month Makes
Call me a glutton for punishment. I’m a Minnesotan. Record snowfall in February. Major snowstorm in March. Too many difficult driving days to count. Commuting time up three-fold [...]
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Apr, 2019
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Mar, 2019
Elusive Balance
"Ah balance—the elusive goal for women now and forever. I wonder, will it always be so?" Jess Lawson, my protagonist in A Better Next is giving voice to a question [...]
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Feb, 2019
Listen Up!
Another milestone on this book journey—I just finalized an agreement with my narrator/producer for my audio-book! And it was so fun! Writing a book is an interesting creative [...]
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Jan, 2019
Gender-specific Networking?
Returning from a short business trip to Arizona, my priorities were to turn the heat up (Phoenix 70 degrees St. Paul minus 3 degrees) go to the gym, [...]
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Dec, 2018
Beware the Time Crunch
It happens every year. And, every year I vow I won’t let it happen the next year….the debate is preventable after all. To send them, or not to [...]
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Nov, 2018
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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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 [...]