On the Road Past 50: My internal zephyr… from fluttery wisps to whirlwind tempests
Weekend meetings that make for several days straight in a row can get looooong. Come Sunday afternoon there is the need to get out of my seat at least once an hour to just move around in order to keep going. For all that my skill side is on the endurance end of the spectrum, […]
Read MoreBusiness travel can be both a positive and a negative. It can bounce back and forth numerous times during a trip. This evening I had a lovely time hanging out in the late evening with colleague friends talking and chatting over drinks following a large group dinner at an excellent Greek restaurant. It was excellent […]
Read MoreApparently, last night I wrote a second Day 53 Post. I truly was exhausted! Another day and another dollar – it’s Day 54. A Friday. A work day. I had teleconferences in my hotel room all morning beginning with an early am EST call with volunteers and staff working on a Singapore activity and then […]
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Back in the end of March I drove alone down to DC. This evening was a repeat. As happened then, I arrived at about 10:40. I usually take the train to and from Washington for a host of reasons I may get into another time. For various reasons, it was again made the most sense […]
Read More“Time spent in sharpening the axe may well be spared from swinging it.” ~~ 1901, Josiah Strong As a follow-up to last night’s blog mention of Michelangelo, I had an entire plan early this afternoon to write about famous quotes that are often misattributed. The ideation on this one was a moment of clarity during […]
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Yesterday I wrote about having written 50 days of posts about trying to get in tune all the aspects of me that contribute to a capacity to write. This was in my closing: Another day, another idea. Perhaps the next big writing idea will be the one that grows into something worthy of saving, worthy […]
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50. That’s what started this entire project. The excitement and meaning of the halfway to 100 milestone. While it seems far more meaningful as an age, it also feels meaningful that I’ve made it every day to now. I know that most of my posts have not been deeply meaningful or moving, but the act […]
Read Moreover 6,000 photos in my phone. Of all the pictures of me, selfies included, these are the only 5 I could find of me with straightened hair. […]
Read MoreI watch almost no television at the time it is broadcast. This has been true since my kids were little … so let’s take a wild guess and say for about 15+ years. There are a few exceptions of course. The news on weekend mornings. The Today Show while shuffling kids out of the house […]
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I’ve been writing a good deal about me while only skimming the surface of me as a parent. Per my earlier posts regarding convergence. For those that know me well, this is beyond unusual. That aspect of myself that is a parent – it usually is the essence of entire conversations. My kids and parenting […]
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Randi S. Sumner 