I have gotten old too darn fast. — I spent a good portion of my life raising four children (in what I describe as my conservative Christian period) only to get divorced. I had to re-invent myself. Change is the only constant. I embraced it fully in 2017. I learned to say “Yes!” to new things and since that time I have had…

My Trip from Florida to the Bahamas on a Sailboat. — I had only started sailing in the previous 6 months, helping the real Sailor move his Cheoy Lee designed sailboat, Blown Away from Rhode Island to Florida on weekends, a good way to social distance and be outside, although a tad cold. I still confused “port” with “starboard.” If I…

Or how to get back in the game — Yes, we all need a break. Sometimes, it is because you are broken. When I was going through a brutal divorce by a man much wealthier than myself, I was struggling. Financially and emotionally. My cousin who is 15 years younger and divorced from an abuser, said, “Sometimes, you are…

I may not say this every day, but this week, I am grateful! — My supervisor approached me when I was in a secluded part of my processing line. I had on rubber gloves, my Tyvek jacket and a piece hanging from the crane. “There are lots of higher ups doing second inspections and they found penetrant on two pieces with your signature.” This…

Sometimes, one has to respond to ridiculous rules with an act of rebellion — My town has a lake and in my mind I pictured kids jumping off docks and splashing around in canoes, while parents grilled burgers and angled for fish. Some of it is true, but some of it is disappointing. The swimming area is marked by a rope and gets no…

I know this for a fact, and it has been backed by research — Are you underemployed? Female? Looking for a way to make your way in the world? What if I told you I spent 20+ years working for $20,000 with both a Bachelors and a Master’s degree only to land a job earning 4 times as much after attaining a two-year tech…

This is my story and it can be yours — the start on a new career and life of empowerment. In 2017, I faced the impending divorce that would push me from being a stay-at-home mom into a workforce for which I was woefully unprepared. I had a Bachelor’s and…

I Did It Myself but know time will Improve it. The stones will settle and the plants will grow. — It’s the first thing friends told me my new place lacked — a pathway to my front door After moving into my place, I had friends stop by and mention the fact that they did not know how to come in. Where should they knock? …

To savor time in the garden in this month is to renew one’s hope — I don’t mean to brag But my rain barrels are full, full, full. Both of them. To the brim, 55 gallons. My compost overflows with a rich black you cannot replicate without Nature, oozing vitality, a velvet catbird nimbly nibbles from its outer layer. Not to mention the hydrangeas, their blossoms…