Just a Hunch
Things jump out at me sometimes. A friend or former colleague comes across my mind and within a couple of […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
Three Graduates
I put the photos in frames at least a year ago but walking by them recently they jumped out at […]
Be Thankful for What it Ain’t!
Sometimes you can’t be glad for what it is, but you can definitely be glad for what it ain’t. My mother […]
Pay Me My Money (When I’ve Done the Work)
One of my pet peeves about doing facilitation and training is that I generally don’t get paid on the day I’ve […]
Political Stuff is Hitting the Fan
It seems like the tensions in the world are causing all sorts of stuff to hit the fan especially in […]
What If the Arts Were Truly Visible in the Community?
What if the arts were truly visible in the community?What if there was an artist-in-residence in every school? (I’m talking […]
I Love Walking in Dorchester
On Thanksgiving, my son and I took one of my favorite walks. We ambled from Ashmont Street down Carruth Street. […]
Submitting is Winning & Energized by Music
Submitting is winning: Sometimes you got to make it fit, make it work. Whatever it is.Say that you’re making a […]
Rainy Sundays in the Fall
Rainy Sundays in the fall are some of my favorite days of all.The weekend has wound down but the work […]
Happy Thanksgiving
The sweet potato pie has been baked. (Yes, it’s sweet potato because that’s what I grew up eating, not pumpkin […]
Dump truck or Dump?
I try to limit the number of trips I make with my dump truck to the dumps (i.e., ears) of […]
Why Are You Here?
The following has happened to me several times.I show up some place I’m iinvited and some one asks, usually politely, […]
Christmas Cactus
I came down the steps wearily the other morning and did my routine of opening the blinds in the living […]
All Goodbye Ain’t Gone
All goodbye ain’t gone. Sometimes this is a good thing, a thing you hope for, that the person who is […]
Where You Been?!
Where you been? OK, I’ll correct my grammar for the grummerians out there (I know it’s grammarians). Where have you […]
Random thoughts in a time of change
Necessity is the mother of invention.I’m thinking on the street level…my street. When the economy is bad and people don’t […]
I Believe
You made a believer out of me, boy, you made a believer out of me.This refrain from a song has […]
Is Eye Contact Becoming a thing of the Past?
Has technology shortened your attention span?Do you prefer communicating via email versus face-to-face contact? Do you find yourself using computer […]