Podcast with Edgerton Award winning playwright, Jack Canfora. He shares tips, tricks and exercises for the writing and creative process. … More Episode 56: Master Class in Creativity with Jack Canfora – Part II
I’d never get away with a post touting myself as a problem solver. Too many people could testify otherwise, and I choose not to bait them. đ Yet I DO have skills. Today, my Vicki rant is about navigating and persevering – using an example with a spin cycle bike. I like to think of … More I’m a “Work-Arounder”
Podcast with Edgerton Award winning playwright, Jack Canfora. He shares tips, tricks and exercises for the writing and creative process. … More Episode 55: Master Class in Creativity with Jack Canfora – Part I
No, my candy-loving compadres, this is not a post about my love of sweets.âAlthough…a sweet memory popped up just now and I’m resisting the urge to bail on this post and raid the candy cupboard… No…not gonna do it…not gonna DO it. Thank you, Dana Carvey, for planting that twangy-phrase in my head forevermore.âYou and … More Searching for the Sweet Spot
Heads Up, and Gobble Gobble⊠I canât help but share a âtake twoâ of this Thanksgiving piece. Of all the things I wrote on WordPress last year, a post about mashed potatoes still gets a lot of attention. I suspect it has little to do with the holiday itself â or the spuds in question … More Mashed Potato Madness
Iâm going to tell a less-than-flattering story about myself. A reminder to anyone who thinks life with Vicki might be all sunshine and rainbows. Oh, good gosh, no. Whether itâs control related or my potent ego, always thinking I know best, I can be a real pain in the posterior (and isnât THAT a fine … More Mum About Mums
Yep. I’m talking about the famous line from the 1983 film âWar Gamesâ. If youâre old enough to remember, the film âWar Gamesâ had seismic appeal to nerdy types of all sorts. Me? I was a newly married bookworm, wed to my lovable geek of an inventor husband. Yep â we married when we were … More Shall We Play a Game?
Yes…I Talk to Myself. Often. Weâre focusing on âself-careâ this month and as I thought about this week’s post, I realized most of what I needed to learn on the topic has already been drilled into me, one way or another. The troublesome part? Stickiness. Self-care efforts need to become habit-forming in order to pay … More Love Me List
Iâve written a few climbing posts recently â itâs like I pulled a thread and they started tumbling out. But really, I think itâs because thereâs one story that has been niggling at me to come to the surface. So here it is. When I went to Everest Base camp in 2001, it was because … More Yay, Yeah, Whatever
Just a few months before my dad passed away, the Easter Bunny (aka my mom) gifted her not quite three-year old granddaughter, Delaney, with an unconventional gift in her basket of goodies. An umbrella. A pretty pink parasol, along with a âMary Poppinsâ DVD and the standard jellybeans and marshmallow âPeepâ confections. When she was … More Fresh Peeps & Pink Parasols
The Heart of the Matter 