I had the pleasure of meeting THEE most unusual character today. She approached the framing counter and because I am in the process of training a new framer (and might I add I dearly love this framer already!) we were both there to assist this snazzy looking lady. She was about 5’6″, short white hair,…

I was in need of a piece of black calico fabric for a project I am working on so I stopped at the fabric store where I used to work. As I was making my way towards the door I could hear someone behind me pushing a shopping cart. I decided to turn around to…

I’m not sure why but for as long as I can remember I find myself making attempts to discover what lies beyond the  surface of the people I know, the people I meet and the people I love.  I always wonder what actually makes them tick.  The ones that warrant the bulk of my attention…

Yesterday a woman approached the framing counter. She was a bit shorter than me, wavy, gray hair cut off straight that reached just beneath her ears, dark brown horn rimmed glasses and a colorful floral patterned blouse. She had a rather serious demeanor and she was looking for a “sticky board.” I quizzed her a…

The Top Five Reasons You Won’t Receive An Employee Of The Year Award Vote From Me 1. You arrive late for work every day.  It has happened so often that you no longer have to practice that exasperated and overwhelmed look.  It just comes natural because you’ve used it so many times.  Translated it might…

I have no desire for babies to be in harms way at any time and I sometimes wish people wouldn’t ask me for my opinion.  This would eliminate a lot of stress for me and the desire to dream of the day someone invents a “common sense” pill that new parents would take daily to…

When I travel on the interstate I see a billboard.  It’s out in the middle of nowhere and all it says is “Be nice.”  That’s it.  There’s no business name, address or phone number.  There’s not a lot of eye catching colors that grab your attention.  It’s just white with big black letters. Putting our…

Perhaps not everyone had a childhood as good as mine.  Perhaps not everyone had a mother that drove them 13.8 miles to kindergarten every day because they were afraid to ride the bus.  And perhaps, at the end of the school year, not everyone’s mother graduated from kindergarten for them because all that talk of…

Inner beauty is and will always be a quality I’m drawn to. I dealt with two opposite ends of a spectrum today and it re-enforced something I learned long ago but for some reason, today, it arrived in such a way that I couldn’t help but think about it. We were busy and I was…

After work I decided to make a fruit and vegetable run and on my way into the store I had the nicest conversation with the elderly man the store hired as a greeter.  I’ve seen him before and he’s greeted me and thanked me for shopping there on other occasions but I’ve never taken the…