August 2013 Blog Posts (6)

Hello Gail!

A dear friend gave me a copy of your book a few years ago and it had lived on my book shelf looking nice, but unread.

On June 21st (which was, coincidentally, the summer solstice, a Friday and the end of a pay period) I took early retirement and began to read your book at last. Since then I have been purging, sifting and sorting.

I had donated 16 very large…

WATCH YOUR FACE!

As Jim and I came out of our apartment to take Willa, our Golden Retriever, for her run around the reservoir in Central…

 WINGING IT..

There's no getting around it. We live in an unscripted world. You can rehearse in front of a mirror til the cows come home -…

I bought Gail's book for one of my sisters for Christimas and then, early this year, I bought it for myself. Over a few weeks I did some serious de-cluttering. A friend of mine and I actually did it "together"...we'd set a time, Skype with each other and show the area we wanted to tackle, and would check back in every few hours to keep each other on track. It's a way to feel like you're not alone, yet you and your friend can both be productive simultaneously (vs. you going to her place, and…

IT'S INCONVENIENT!

You leave your iPhone in the cab. You get (another) speeding ticket (if you get one more they'll take away your…

STRAIGHTEN UP!

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