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The challenge from SmallBox Thinkkit was to send a Tweet to a friend. I made a commitment several years ago not to buy useless stuff for Christmas. Considering this holiday season and the crazy amounts of money that people spend on mostly useless stuff I thought this was the perfect tweet to help me keep my…

Who’s listening? There’s a lot of talking but little listening going on today. The TV media knows that we are not listening, they do everything in sound bytes. Politicians know we are not listening, that’s why they can promise the sun and moon and never live up to anything. Parents don’t have time to listen…

I was raised by family who bounced from state to state because my Dad was in the Air Force, so I got used to moving to new places around the US.   The only person in my life who I knew had been out of the country was my grandfather when he was in the Navy. …

The challenge this time was: Try something totally different. Have something for lunch or dinner you don’t normally eat. Make up a new recipe. What did you come up with? I don’t really cook, so that did not work for me. But…..I am great at making new connections and new experiences! So instead of cooking something new,…

This challenges was to write about what new tradition would we like to start this year. I have taken two days to consider this. Honestly, my answer might surprise some, but I do not want to start any new traditions. In fact I am not a big fan of tradition, shocking right? When I was…