Today, my parents’ whole world changed.  Today we installed high speed internet and a wireless router at my parents’ home to compliment the iMac I gave them for their anniversary. (some sort of celebratory music is supposed to play at this point) Read More »

I took a quantum leap today – literally and figuratively.  I jumped out of a plane from 10,000 feet! This is something I said I would never do… until this year.  This year, I set as an intention to do those things I have been afraid to do in the past, because I know in doing them, it will empower me to face any fear that may stand in my way.  This week I have been reading a book called “you squared”, which talks about the ‘peculiar’ strategy for making a quantum leap in your life – an ‘explosive jump’ in your personal performance that puts you far beyond the next logical step.  Read More »

This morning, I took a walk down a country road…. that’s sort of all they have up here in Castle Rock, WA.  For 30 minutes I didn’t see another soul, except for the neighbor’s black lab who joined me for my walk.  The surrounding mountains were thick with pines and clouds – a kind of beauty I don’t see much in Southern California.  And the smell… the smell reminded me of summers on my Grandma Sterling’s farm back in Wisconsin – fresh, clean, misty, and green.  For the most part, I don’t think of myself as a Northwest girl – not enough sun, too much rain.  But this morning, I was grateful to be in the Northwest and to enjoy the peacefulness of walking alone, the beauty of the mountains through the mist, and the companionship of a borrowed black lab.

This week I embarked on a road trip.  My destination on day one was beautiful Yosemite Valley. What a spectacular work of Mother Nature.  As I came in the South entrance and traveled the winding road toward the Valley, I noticed and appreciated how beautiful the trees and the views were, but I also knew that there was something even more magnificent ahead.  Then as I traveled through the tunnel before it opened to the Valley, I remembered the first time I drove through that tunnel, with no idea what I was going to see on the other end.  Then in a moment…. Magnificence.  Magnificence that never ceases to take my breath away as the spectacular and majestic Yosemite Valley opened up before me. Read More »