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Taking charge of your life is not a root canal

I bought “Dark Star Safari” by Paul Theroux as my reading material for the long flight from Seattle to Cape Town end of October last year. It has taken me this long to finish it. It is full of confirmations as small parts of my life from the UN and NGO years in the 90’s resurfaced [...]

Graduates today – freshmen tomorrow

Yesterday was the commencement ceremony for the UW Bothell graduates at the UW campus in Seattle. Over 1200 graduates:  proud, happy, relieved, and cheered on by their family and friends. A heartwarming moment, as all commencement ceremonies are. Commencement speaker was Jim Donald, supermarket management guru. The gist of his speech was: you are graduates [...]

Legacies

Legacies When we hear the word – legacy- we immediately think Money, Wealth, Windfall. Many people have a last will and testament. They have bequeathed their earthly goods in writing, after long deliberations with partners and lawyers. Today I want to talk about our spiritual legacy, our “other” legacy. From: Showing Up For The Golden [...]

My very own first gold nugget

It was summer. I was outside, in front of our house, with the early morning sun in my face. I wore a cotton dress and my hair was tamed by a pin or a ribbon. I was on the sidewalk keeping my feet within the contours of the 1’ x 1’ concrete tiles. I promised [...]

Gold nuggets

Last week, as the guest speaker at the monthly Everett Newcomers luncheon (held at the beautifully rebuilt “Le Bistro” in Everett), I shared some thoughts about my book: Showing Up For The Golden Years. The majority of the almost sixty ladies present were retired and many of them were in their 70’s and 80’s, so [...]