Sometimes the way to cure the blues is to pay attention to something other than the blues. And there could not be more of a no-brainer than to pay attention to the light. Get Over Yourself and pay attention!

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I have been encouraged by the list of new Cabinet Members. Looking at the job descriptions in combination with their qualification because I feel like their appointments opens up a whole new avenue for anyone searching for a job. Like ME.

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A visit from the Noro Virus aka La Grippe aka Stomach Flu will knock you off your pins!

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Here is the thing about pointing fingers – we all learned how to do it when we were little. Like we all learned to say “Are We There Yet?” Or “Got you back last.” Or “Did not. Did so.” Or I didn’t touch him.” Maybe what we need is a few old fashioned mothers who would call time out.

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The internet and libraries are filled with books that all say the same thing. Do something. Choose optimism. Or as my mother used to say, “Don’t think. DO.”

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we are leaving 2024. We are awash in tasks that need finishing because the date tells us so. Like the monitors in school exams would tell us “Pencils Down. Hand in your papers.” There is no negotiation. No bargaining. The year 2024 is winding down and we must move along with it.

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If you are raised Catholic, at some point you have to choose. Jesus or Santa. At a certain age you are expected to put away childish things and throw Santa under the bus.

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In the main hall I counted at least 25 children under the age of 4. Many of them were bleating like unhappy goats or bucking against their parents’ arms like small wild beasts – attempting full body flips and aerial launches. Parents were soothing and transferring the unruly charges from one adult to another. Even grandparents were enlisted.

The Met had turned into a Day Care Center at the stroke of Saturday 2 PM.

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I shred. Something comes into my house with my name and address on it, it visits the shredder. I also shred notes, story ideas and half baked attempts at writing something. A lot. I shred a lot.

Before anything hits the shredder in my office, however, it gets filed. On the floor.

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“The Wizard of Oz” showed up again over the holiday. I used to watch it every year when I was a kid. Ours was a black and white TV, however, so I never knew “Oz” was in technicolor until I saw in a concert hall in college. Kansas was Sepia and Oz was technicolor. Talk about a life changer!

Watching “The Wizard of Oz” as an adult, I have concluded that OZ belongs to Toto not Dorothy – like “Cinderella” belongs to Gus-Gus. But that’s a story for another time.

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