My Job

When I started in my field 35 yeas ago, the tools of my trade consisted of a jar of rubber cement and an exacto knife. My desk tilted upwards and...

01 April, 2011 / 3 Comments

Away from my Desk

I have an assignment to design a logo for a children’s program at one of the malls here in Atlanta. After 20 years of volunteering for my church, my children’s...

22 March, 2011 / 6 Comments

Officially in training.

I hate to exercise. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. But because I DO want to be able to meet my goal and be physically able to see...

18 March, 2011 / 6 Comments

50 and Going Back to School

[caption id="attachment_23" align="alignleft" width="223"] Lisa Stapleton Weldon in New York[/caption]I'd always dreamed of moving to NY for the summer and taking a month-long course at Parson's. So while in NY...

11 March, 2011 / 7 Comments

Some Fresh Air. That’s All I’m Asking For.

{ from mid-January 2011 } Today I met with a group of girlfriends from my church. One friend, Tavye Morgan, had planned a class titled, “Setting your Intentions” so 6 of...

11 March, 2011 / 0 Comments

Afraid to try something new

Thank you, Gala, for sending me this quote from “A Course in Miracles.”  Summarized by Marianne Williamson and used by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech. This message should be...

05 March, 2011 / 0 Comments

My home-away-from-home In NY

A friend from church who lives in NY will be in Europe all summer, so she has asked me to house sit her home while away { twisted my arm!...

05 March, 2011 / 6 Comments

NYC in 20 little pieces

[caption id="attachment_60" align="alignright" width="268"] NY in 20 pieces[/caption] You see, I have this crazy plan to walk every square mile in Manhattan. I just googled NYC and learned that there are 23...

03 March, 2011 / 3 Comments

First Day In NYC

Honey, if you’d grown up in Mobile, Alabama, you too would’ve been raised to fear New Yorkers. The first time I stepped foot in New York was in October 1977. Skye...

03 March, 2011 / 3 Comments