Last time I wrote, 9/24/24, I promised at the end of the reblog of my friend Marianna's account of our trip to Chicago, that I would write soon about my move and my trip for my high school reunion. Soon is now! This morning, Saturday, I woke up with sobs in my throat. As is …
Continue reading The God on the Mountain (and in my valleys and yours)
I sit here at my desk, overlooking Millennium Park, with a pile of mail, including renewal notices for Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Art Institute, Grant Park Orchestra, a few museums, Lincoln Park Zoo and more. And I’ve had two calls in the last week, Am I renewing or not? If not, they will give my seat …
Continue reading Growing Older: The Move (3) – “Gloriously Blinded”
For that nurse or nursing student in your life, consider giving them Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. My career memoir tells my story from nurse's aide to professor emerita and from diploma to PhD. Caring Lessons will inspire the reader that achieving career dreams are possible! I used to tell my …
Continue reading Christmas Present for a Nurse or Nursing Student – 2013
I think it was the tea. For several days last week, I methodically decluttered my closets and drawers in one bedroom, one kitchen, one living room, one dining room, one study, one hallway, and three bathrooms. My husband even noticed. “Whatever you’re on, let me know, so next time the house needs to be cleaned, …
Continue reading Tea-inspired Decluttering Party Naturally Leads to “Caring Lessons”
Fun things first. In honor of this third anniversary, I'm giving away one copy of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. All you have to do to qualify for a drawing is make a comment on this post. On Wednesday, September 25, I will randomly select one winner, contact that winner …
Continue reading Caring Lessons Celebrates Third Anniversary
I'm finished, " I announced to my husband late last week. Always appearing a bit skeptical when I make such announcements, he said, "With me, or what?" Of course, I had to say not with him, not with our fiftieth wedding anniversary coming up--I mean why would I trade down when we have a good …
Continue reading Caring Lessons – Blog Tour Over – What Next?
"You don't need to be in the health care industry or education to like it," writes Becky Povich, the tour host for this last stop, in her short and sweet review of Caring Lessons: A Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. Last week Wednesday, I introduced you to Becky's blog, her prolific writing, and her …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Final Stop
Two in one day??? Yes, there are two blog tour stops today. The tour will be over a week from today, so savor this opportunity to discover the blogs of these varied and interesting book-loving women. This afternoon's blogger, Audry Feyer, is a woman after my own heart. She lives with a John Deere fanatic! …
Today, I'm all about being an older woman who wears purple, albeit with no red hat on my head, and who is thankful for my long-term friendship with Marianna, a person with whom I've walked many miles of fun and silliness and tanked in hard-to-fathom-at-the-time sorrows. So for today's Caring Lessons blog tour, when I …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #10 / Hot Fudge Friends
Are you almost finished writing your book? Are you dreading the thought of marketing? Do you need tips to save your sanity about how to handle your tub-full of books when they arrive? I'm not the little piggie that went to market, but I am the piggie that stayed home and planned, down to minute …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #9 / Ten Things I Learned on My Way to Market
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