Category: #Work

THUS CAME NEW WINDOWS

We bought them in January, and it took until today to get them completed and installed. Oh my, what a difference! It's not that they are bigger -- except in the living room, where the design has much narrower framing. Otherwise, there is actually a bit less glass and more frame. The big difference is … Continue reading THUS CAME NEW WINDOWS

OF GIRLISH THINGS

I never thought being a woman was a deterrent to becoming what I wanted to be. I didn't worry if it would be more difficult because I was a woman, even though I was working in a very male profession -- which computer development was back in the 1980s. I probably should have, but that's … Continue reading OF GIRLISH THINGS

ARRRGGGAHHHAGAGA!!

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." - Eugene Ionesco ??? More to the point, does THIS dying writer need a permanent vacation from LIFE. "YAYs please assemble to the left; "Nays" (do we have any "Nays"??) sojourn rightward flank. I'm suffering some minor … Continue reading ARRRGGGAHHHAGAGA!!

THE HARD WORK OF OTHERS

JYProvocative Question #4 – Underrated Write about something you think is underrated and why it deserves more attention and appreciation. A lot of us appreciate the value of work done by professionals. Doctors, quarterbacks, scientists, authors, actors, researchers, pitchers, golfers, surgeons, astronauts. We appreciate teachers and nurses and realize how underpaid they are. Who don't … Continue reading THE HARD WORK OF OTHERS

FROM DESK TO RECLINER: THE JOY OF MOBILITY

FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM LAST YEAR There was a time when most of my life was spent in an office. A fair bit of my work in was done in my home office. Offices were me. These days, I do everything on the laptop in the living room, often with the television in the background and a crazy … Continue reading FROM DESK TO RECLINER: THE JOY OF MOBILITY

WORK, THE CURSE OF THE LEISURE CLASS

Once upon a lifetime ago, I worked hard. I don't know if you could call it overworked. I never felt I had more work than I could do -- if only they would let me get to it instead of using half my day in useless meetings. I always did the best job I could … Continue reading WORK, THE CURSE OF THE LEISURE CLASS

WHAT MAKES COMMON GROUND?

We need a new party. I'm not seeing one or even the shadow of one. When I was living in Israel, there were dozens of political parties from those supporting a single individual and many more trying to find a way to become a major, centralist party. We had a "left" party -- kind of … Continue reading WHAT MAKES COMMON GROUND?

REPETITIVE MOTION STRIKES

Last night, when I went to bed, my shoulders were throbbing and my right wrist didn't want to move at all. It isn't the writing these days. More the photo editing. It takes me half an hour to shoot. It takes me an afternoon and often part of an evening just to process pictures. I … Continue reading REPETITIVE MOTION STRIKES

A SECRETARY WITH LONG FINGERS

Once upon a time, in a far away land, The Boss assigned me a secretary. Not part of a pool, but a whole person. With a master's degree from Mt. Holyoke. Pretty daunting, me with my little B.A. from Hofstra. So I said to The Boss: "What is she supposed to do?" "You write, she … Continue reading A SECRETARY WITH LONG FINGERS

THE LONGEST VACATION

I had been looking for a job that would let me flex my hours so Garry and I could spend time together. It was difficult. He worked terribly long hours, gone before the sun came up and not home until it was dark again. Ironic. Most people think reporters work "a few minutes a day" … Continue reading THE LONGEST VACATION