We are getting close to the official start of Fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. The change of seasons usually gets me looking back at what got done and what didn’t over the last quarter. It’s a leftover of my working life where we reevaluated every quarter of the financial year. While my life no longer follows financial quarters, it is still an ingrained habit to look at how things are going with each season.
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The calendar in North America states spring starts in a couple of weeks. South Florida, however, has to be different. First, our “winter” is more like spring than winter. It is like Florida got attached to the Continent to add a bit of the sub-tropics to North America. There are few areas of the United States, that reach as far south as Florida juts into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Gardening is teaching me planting, tending, harvesting, and more. This year I learned the hard way that every garden has its own seasons. Its own pattern. While there may be general seasons for my area north of the equator. There are variations in locations.
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The office holiday extravaganza 2017 is over! We celebrated ourselves, ate, built our team, played games, and mingled {whisper: woo hoo it’s over…did I say that…Shh…Don’t tell my bosses). Continue reading “Office Party Circa 2017”
While talking with my husband this weekend, I realized we no longer had careers. We have jobs to get us to where we want to go. And the shocker is…I’m okay with that! When did this shift happen? Continue reading “The Death of the Career”
I don’t know about you but my years seem to have themes. It’s something like in Ecclesiastes, chapter 3. Last year I knew right away it was a year to prepare, as in “a time to plant” Eccl. 3:2 NAB. Other years I don’t figure out the theme until the year is over. And some years, like 2017, I’m a little slow on the uptake. But, I think I figured it out this morning. I’m feeling “The Year of Getting It Done.” It’s the other side of the phrase Eccl. 3:2: “a time to uproot the plant” Continue reading “2017 The Year of Getting It Done”
Milly Really! 