It's my birthday week! Actually, I tend to spend the whole month celebrating. Heck, I say "thank you" every morning when I wake up! From there I decide what it will take to make it a good day. I haven't always been like that. I went through the first few decades of my life, especially in my 20's and 30's, with an attitude. I believe I thought there was an element of "coolness" to being negative. If someone said, "Good Morning", I might have said, "What's so good about it?",

What in the world do I mean by that?!? Let me explain ... There have been times in my life when I simply did not have a TV, even before everything could be streamed on my computer. Once in a while I'd hear about a show or special that might make me wish I had seen it, but usually I didn't miss it at all. Then, when I would find myself in an Airbnb with a television, I would notice something interesting. At first, I would hardly turn it on. Eventually, little by little, I wou

If you're in the northern hemisphere, how is your summer going? If you're in the southern hemisphere, how is your winter? Either season could hold vacation plans and I'm wondering this week what your style of vacationing is? Do you "moodle"? This was Frances Scovel Shinn's, (1871-1940) word for inefficient dawdling and puttering. Or, do you plan every minute and stay on the go the whole time? Whether you do one or the other might have something to do with the relationship you