By I saw something on Instagram about translation that reminded me of two funny language failures on my part when speaking German. The first was in Austria. I was lost and was trying to say ‘Excuse me, do you know where…’ . I must have learned ‘Excuse me’ (Entschuldigung or Entschuldigen Sie) and ‘By the way’ …
Gratitude Challenge – Being grateful for rain
Milli Vanelli may have wanted to blame it on the rain, but we can do better than that, can’t we? Let’s view rain with our gratitude hats on. Right now, I would be incredibly grateful for a few drops of rain to clear away some of the pollen. The pollen count is a little high …
My life’s top 20 soundtrack
Music is such an influence on my life – whether I’m listening from my seat in the theater, listening (and likely singing) in my car, singing on stage or singing in the choir, music has a way of speaking to me (and I hope through me to others). I’ve even been known to sing while …
First business trip in a LONG time
On Monday I fly out of the Atlanta airport for work. My last work trip…was probably a year ago for the Origami colleague conference. I have flown, but lately for pleasure…which means no laptop (yay!) and no stress because you have an angry client (which was most of my business trips). After achieving gold and …