Many people consider On-line Courses the latest and greatest gift God has ever given to mankind. Not me. Four years ago, our university decided that we professors would have to teach On-line courses. Keeping up with the other profit-making diploma mills like Phoenix University is critical. The on-line courses are highly profitable and huge […]
It’s that time of year. Parties, brunches, lunches, dinners, posadas. As a technological troglodyte, I’ve come a long way, baby. I have actually learned how to use the calendar on my cell phone. I’ll admit that I am much more comfortable with the big wall calendar or my hand-written At-a-Glance. I can actually SEE what […]
For years I have faced writing required chapters or articles or reviews with tremendous trepidation and angst. And I had to write a lot of them. It was part of the racket I was in. Procrastination was always in the cards. When the adrenalin, and fear, finally kicked in, I […]
Why is it so infernally hard to squeeze in time to exercise? I spoke to my 96 year-old mother yesterday morning and learned that she had just finished her 20 laps at the warm YMCA pool in Orlando, Florida. Of course, guilt flooded me for not having taken her more while she was here. […]
I know what is going to bring our country to its knees. It’s not gun violence or ISIS or terrorists. It’s traffic. Crawling, snarling, cursing, white-knuckle, wheel-clenching, blood-pounding, traffic. I had to come to Austin last month to present a Texas Talks Webinar for the Texas State Historical Association. I had given myself what I […]
What makes a great leader? Our Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez group met yesterday afternoon at the magnificent home of Fidel and Juanita Santos in Houston. Of course, the mouse got a little lost, but I did not have to fall back on the lying GPS. Only took a couple of wrong turns to find […]
What is retirement about? I was deeply saddened to hear that my beloved boss (still young and working at 69) feels that he is being marginalized because of his age. His lifetime of experiences and knowledge is no longer valued by his colleagues. It seems they don’t ask for his advice or listen to his […]
My post on retirement brought a myriad of rebukes. Some about the disappearance of “retirement” for Baby Boomers, others about my inability to say no. Rereading parts of it, I realize I sounded petulant and put-upon about being asked to help out with projects. I didn’t mean to sound that way at all. The […]
Writing about my esteemed, revered and ‘makes-me-nuts’ mother was easy. She always provided fodder for my pen. (although I don’t think pens use fodder, that’s hay, and that’s for horses). As a matter of fact, I called her yesterday and learned she had “eaten” the juice of three grapefruits for breakfast. Nothing else. I asked […]
My attempts at shopping for clothing has never been a protracted affair. Living in Huntsville, there aren’t a whole lot of options. A trip to some handy store nearby, a dress or two and that’s it. Now that I am retired, however, I thought I could just head for the jeans and T-shirts. Guess not! […]