Everyday Utopia

My 6-year-old niece announced one day, “Whatever is good for Krista is good for everyone.” If only that were true…    – Everyone would know how to swing dance.    – We’d only say please and thank you and sorry when we meant it.    – Each political party would assume the other party is

Bad parking is not a crime

The worst part of my commute to work is the parking garage.  I spend a lot of time backing up, straightening around, and getting out just to get back in and try again. I’m generally a benign driver — always use my blinker, don’t cut people off in traffic – but I’ve never been good

Furry Halloween

  A Halloween tip from Spunk and Teddy on behalf of our feline brethren: When trick-or-treating tonight, watch your toes. We are ferocious.                   Okay, except for Spunk.    Stay tuned for our future guest blogs…  

Kittens and Characters by Any Other Name

I went north for Canadian Thanksgiving and not only had a great turkey dinner but also came home with two kittens, Spunk and Teddy. Spunk (top below) was all spunked out when I took the picture. And Teddy (bottom below), well, we went to the vet this week, and it turns out Teddy is a girl.

Strength in Sadness

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past month thinking about the Emily C. Specchio Foundation. Most of the organizations I donate to are born of sadness, but none have touched me in the same way as this one. It seems that Emily Specchio’s life was a seed that her family cultivated in their

Quotes about the Road Less Travelled

I’m encountering some mental exhaustion, and since I rarely say anything that hasn’t been said before, I thought today I’d just skip the middle man. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

I Don’t Like Chocolate

I often wonder what chocolate tastes like to other people, because so many are so over the moon about it. My boss has a bowl of chocolate on his desk for public consumption, and people are constantly stopping by. Even if we’re in the office having a meeting, they’ll open the door and duck and

Premonitions and Global Consciousness

  I don’t know what to say about Nostradamus or the Farmer’s Almanac, but I think there is too much evidence to dismiss that some people – maybe all people – have some consciousness of events that are likely to happen. It’s really not that much of a stretch to believe. Economists and meteorologists and other

Neurobics

I love looking through photo albums, but I always keep out a few pictures and let them lie in random drawers and piles and nooks. Because every once in a while, I’ll be looking for something – usually in a tizzy about my lack of organization  – and I’ll run across a picture of someone

The Wisdom of Children and the Circus

I was in the process of writing a post about escalating frustration when I received a call from my 4-year-old niece, Keara, who invited me and Grammy and Grampy to the circus. As usual, she put a new spin on my thoughts.    Here is a bit of Keara wisdom: (1) It’s okay to pet elephants,