Never thought I’d ever consider leaving the land of my birth, but I’m deeply concerned about Americans’ future these days. I’ve subscribed to International Living magazine to start looking for alternate places to live in Central and South America. There are so many great places south of the U.S. border that are still affordable for people…

Whew!  Spring chores have been keeping me busy recently. For a 67-year old, I’m over-working myself!   I have two very physical tasks to complete in the next week or so between rain storms: I need to spread the 12 yards of gravel that were dropped in our driveway this morning, and I need to…

Sometimes I get a hunch–an intuitive feeling of certainty about something–and I’m getting it now.   I put out an intention to the universe (and in this blog, and in a few emails to supremely happy past and current clients) that I want to land another client or two who wants to use me up…

Sometimes it feels deliciously sinful to sit here, dancing with words for an hour or so, and then getting paid  handsomely for the time I spend doing it (along the lines of $100/hour).   But then I remember the piles of money that my clients are making, day in and day out 24/7/365 with the…

Every few years I take an online Myers-Briggs test to see if anything has changed.   Nope. I remain an INFJ, an exceedingly rare “Advocate”.   https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality   I’ve taken the DISC Personality Insights test twice and come up slightly different each time. The first time, I was a life-long career employee; the second time,…

Ever since I finally “named it and claimed it”–“it” being that Upwork has earned the pejorative nickname “Upchuck”–I have been raking in the bucks on the platform.   When I got this new computer (new to me–thank you again to Chris Bailey!), I put my usual sites in the tab bar across the top, for…

I wonder what other writers’ dreams are like.   The ones I can remember of my own are nearly always long conversations or discussions–frequently they’re on topics that could turn into angry arguments, but in my dreams they never do. In my dreams, everybody listens. True, I do most of the talking in them, carefully…

Spent a quiet day on my birthday yesterday. It was heaven…   Except for a fun noon outing to have lunch with my BFF, Lisa, I spent the day reading, napping and basking in the afterglow of Friday’s delightful experience with Karl Urban.   My favorite client of all time surprised me with a $100…