Hello, my old friend How long's it been, fifteen years? I'll see you next year My baseline mammogram was done when I was 35. I just lost a close friend to breast cancer who was only a couple of years older than me. She found a lump during a self-exam and put off getting it … Continue reading Old friend
Category: 50th Birthday
Dawn of a new day
Sunday night, I returned home from my Girls Weekend with my daughter. I highly recommend celebrating any milestone birthday... 30, 40, 50 and beyond, by doing something outside of your comfort zone. While I thought it would be fun running in a 5K where I would be coated head to toe in colored powder and … Continue reading Dawn of a new day
Bluegrass jam
Soup spoons and washtubs Make music where you find it Share it with your friends Flew into Asheville, NC, yesterday to meet up with my daughter before driving into Knoxville, TN. While in Asheville, we went downtown for dinner at the Tupelo Honey Cafe. On the corner, this bluegrass band set up. They were incredible. … Continue reading Bluegrass jam
High wire
The Mister is the Aerospace Engineer. He understands all the logistics of flight - lift coefficient, ground speed, flight ceiling. All I know is I’m inside a 27,000 ton hunk of plexiglass and metal that is hurling down an asphalt runway, and is supposed to lift off the ground, into the sky, and stay in … Continue reading High wire
Thin spiral notebook 