Optimistic About 2015

Time sure does fly by, doesn’t it?  In the blink of an eye, POOF! another year, gone.  It was a tough one, 2014.  Vis-à-vis other years, it seemed to be filled with more heartbreak and change and challenge and oddities and disappointments and sadness and loss than expected.  Moving past the downside, I must also […]

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Everywhere Man

A few weeks ago, a huge box arrived.  Curious, I sliced through the packing tape, dug through the tissue paper and found an adorable plush turtle staring back at me!  It was a gift from a friend.  On his shell were stickers from destinations visited, near and far.  I pressed the cleverly concealed button on […]

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Dumb Networking Mistakes

Last week, I was talking with a friend who was excited to have bumped into a childhood buddy.  The two exchanged phone numbers and agreed to follow up so they could get together.  A few days later, this was the text message I received, “Grrr… the phone number Joe gave me doesn’t work! Please write […]

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