conversation | conversation
Mar.22.2013
Healthy Debate
By Bernadette A. Moyer
In a world where expressing your thoughts and feelings can cause you to be un “friended” and un “liked” we seem to have lost our desire for a healthy debate. No one agrees on every issue, we are not clones but individual thinking people that come from our own...
|
Mar.20.2013
My first notice a spider had moved into my shower's corner were all the moving boxes. He'd unpacked them and dumped them onto the floor. Seeing me stare at them, he hurried up his web to chat.
"Hi. I'm Dominique. Everyone calls me Dom, Dom the daddy long legs. Dom...
|
Jan.11.2013
M1 had been under a bit of stress lately with college life.
I can tell.
She sighs a lot and sends out small hints with comments she makes.
I’ve been keeping a close watch on her suggesting that she consider taking yoga. She opted to go for a run one afternoon to release her...
|
Dec.12.2012
I like my dentist. I'm loyal to her having had my teeth and the teeth of my girls under her care for decades now.
I have a bit of a sensitivity problem. Not with my teeth but with her. She likes to talk a lot!
The minute I sit down on the chair and open my mouth her mouth...
|
|
Sep.28.2012
I recently learned in my coaching seminar to be careful when using the “Why” question. Depending on the situation, asking why can sound judgmental.
Better to re-phrase the why with “tell me more…”
I bumped into an old friend I had not seen for quite some time. We greeted one...
|
Sep.27.2012
September 27
PIROUETTES
I turn and spin; the world flashes as I go. I am erect, proud of my self-possession. I can stand the forces of vector rotation, public opinion and gravity. Sobriety has made a dancer out of me. I sprint the stage and...
|
Apr.26.2012
Recently someone googled me and I liked it. I know that sounds dirty, excuse my horrible need to be funny. But honestly, I was flattered by the action of being googled.
I let some work contacts know I was leaving my current position and one wrote back asking if I was going to "go back to writing...
|
Apr.16.2012
I had a wonderful opportunity to chat with her while passing time one afternoon.
When least expected, the unexpected always happens.
I was in the right place at the right time with a goal in mind that needed to be heard.
I told her my story. She listened.
How many more validations do I need...
|
Feb.17.2012
For all authors attempting to make an impact by writing fiction, don't let reality kick your ass on the way out.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Want to Get Published? Take the F Train By Liz Hartman
In a classic...
|
Sep.27.2011
I have a new boss. Actually, my boss's boss's boss's -- or, in correct corporatese, my manager's manager, manager -- is new. A man. Don't know him. Never heard of him before. He's from the IBM executive ranks. Took almost three months of searching (I know he's in here somewhere -- just stop and...
|