by Patti Miinch | Dec 19, 2018 | change, Christmas, New Years, plans, priorities, redesign, resolutions
Andy Williams (yes, that Andy Williams — the sweater-loving crooner) wrote the words we all know and even sing but too often don’t really live.Ask 100 people to describe in just one word their own December and Christmas season and you’ll undoubtedly...
by Patti Miinch | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited flash mob free write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5 minutes; let’s see where the word...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The 1/2-way point of October 2018 passed just two days ago.That means we are half-way through pumpkin spice everything.We are also just 13 days away from adorable little costume-clad children and pre-teens wearing a football jersey or their mom’s housecoat...
by Patti Miinch | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
This past spring, once I decided I was going to retire, I began contemplating what I was going to do with all the newly-freed time available to me after the end of May.I bought a black-and-white marbled composition book — a long-time, very inexpensive guilty...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 25, 2018 | birthday, celebration, father, husband, loss
This past Saturday, July 21, marked 9 years since my husband was told he had stage 4, inoperable cancer. He was only 47; he had exhibited absolutely no symptoms; there was no family history at all; he had just carried, along with my son, a couch up 12 flights of...
