Photo is of me looking at something at Port Orford, Oregon. Photo Credit – Steve Weiss I wholeheartedly believe in the small moments of joy, the pep talks before an important meeting or event, and finding moments of stillness to calm the ever-active brain. However, these are not solutions to the many complex problems we face. Do your navel gazing… Read More »Women over 60 – Positivity and Problem Solving
I attended a fund raiser at the end of April for an agency that provides services to victims of violent and sexual crimes. The speaker was a father whose young son had been molested during a Super Bowl Sunday party, many years ago. When the father asked his son, now 17, if he could tell his story, the son said… Read More »Is a story a story if it’s never told
Howdy friends! I was a guest on Dreams and Detours podcast hosted by Susan Montanaro. Please give it a listen. It really was a great interview about staying curious, getting out of my lane when necessary, and using the crossroads of turning 50 as a launching pad for a redesigned life. You can find the episode here and here. You… Read More »Yoga, Podcasts, and Upcoming Plans
Jason Isbell has a song titled “Be Afraid” that contains the lyric: “We don’t take requests/We won’t shut up and sing/Tell the truth enough/You find it rhymes with everything.” He wrote this in response to his fans who don’t like his outspoken nature, and has told him to just shut up and sing. Are you ready to stop taking requests? I’ve… Read More »Women over 60 – Stop Taking Requests
I listened to a podcast where a young man had tried one of those productivity morning routines. When he could not get up at 5:00 a.m. he asked himself why he was such a loser. How in the world was he to be productive if he could not even complete the first task of the day? That is when he… Read More »Good bye self help – it wasn’t me it was you
Bob Dylan Steve and I saw Bob Dylan on April 11 in Little Rock and Santana on April 12 in Kansas City. A side note here, I ‘ve seen Santana live four times, and if there is ever a live show to see, Santana is it. I have a confession – I don’t care for Bob Dylan’s voice. He’s a… Read More »A weekend of Bob Dylan, Santana, and fried tacos.
About a year ago I started making my bed every day. It’s not a fancy bed, I don’t have a lot of pillows – was it a comedian who said that if you have loads of throw pillows you must be rich. Jim Gaffigan comes to mind. Anyone know? Admiral William H. McRaven, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command led… Read More »I made my bed every day for a year
I remember when I was in high school and for some reason we decided to figure out how the year we would turn 50. It was 2012 for most of us, and we could no fathom life that far away. Would there be flying cars? Well 50 came and went, and now I am 60. How did I get here… Read More »How did I get to be 60?