by Patti Miinch | Nov 5, 2020 | celebrations, COVID, COVID-19, holidays, live
Across the country, Americans are preparing for what are arguably our nation’s most-celebrated holidays — Thanksgiving, Chanukah (Hanukkah), Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve.These holidays will, like those that have already been celebrated this year, no doubt...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 29, 2020 | fullest, living, prime time living, prime time television, seniors, television
When I was growing up here in the Midwest, there was a three-hour block of television programming — from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on weekday nights (an hour later on both coasts) — that was referred to as “prime time viewing”. During those prime time hours, the 3...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 9, 2020 | beliefs, intentional, meditation, pandemic, prayer, self-quarantine, spiritual strength, thriving, thriving in unexpected circumstances
If you have a fb account, you may have seen and chuckled at the following meme:Of course, it’s referring to the pandemic, self-quarantining, etc., of the past several months, but for many of us in the 2nd mile of life, it applies in other ways as well. For one reason...
by Patti Miinch | Jun 25, 2020 | 2nd mile of life, get ready to make lemonade, key, lemonade, life circumstances, Patti Miinch, strategies, unexpected, unplanned
If it’s one thing those of us in the 2nd mile of life have learned, it’s that life rarely turns out as we planned and expected. In fact, it could be argued that we often find ourselves in circumstances that we would not, even in our wildest imaginings, have foreseen....
by Patti Miinch | Jun 11, 2020 | hypocrisy, hypocrites, Patti Miinch, stop the hypocrisy
We’ve become a nation of hypocrites. Adults decry bullying, demanding schools “do something”, while at the same time engaging in bullying on social media and among their peers.We complain about the proliferation of fake news yet share without fact-checking...