… Because you really can teach an old dog new tricks!
Based on comments to my recent blog, it became apparent to me that the frustrations, cost overruns, contractor issues, etc. that I have experienced on my porch addition are certainly not unique. In fact, it made me feel a little better to know that so many of you have shared my pain. But that’s what …
Continue reading “The Accidental Remodeler, Part II: Are you ever really done?”
Or Maybe Not an Accident at all … This post has been on my mind since January of this year, when I launched a long-awaited outdoor addition to the house. It involved removal of the back deck, expanding it across the width of the entire back of the house, roofing it, wiring it (recessed lights …
Unexpected lessons learned during recovery…
Far be it from me to define what makes a person a real friend, a true friend, a best friend, versus an acquaintance, or a colleague, or a Facebook friend. But as a recovering surgical patient for the past four weeks (and staring at weeks ahead), I have had ample time to reflect on what …
At first glance, it would seem that all patients are accidental patients. No one chooses to get sick or chooses to undergo unnecessary procedures. But that is not always the case. We have all known individuals who have had elective or cosmetic surgery to correct a perceived flaw, to enhance one’s body image, or to …
The Accidental Native is, at first glance, an obvious oxymoron. It is impossible to be an accidental native, because you are native to your place of birth. But being a native and remaining a native are two distinct things. And so my journey begins and ends, and I am an accidental native, home again and …
Like millions of my fellow Americans, my husband and I tiptoed back into the world of travel in recent months, when we thought — rather naively — that the worst of Covid-19 was behind us. Armed with the Moderna vaccination, we felt prepared to test the waters and re-emerge into the public. Those who know …
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Over the course of my career, particularly the last 20 years as chief marketing officer for large accounting firms, I prided myself as a change agent. My role in coming to a firm was to implement programs that would raise a firm’s public persona, improve its external and internal communications, increase the knowledge of its …
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For those of you who follow me, you know that it has been quite awhile since I have posted. Call it pandemic fatigue, if you will. Perhaps it is laziness. Perhaps because I am afraid I have nothing to add to the dialogue that goes through your own head every day. Nevertheless, here I am, …
I would like to think that I have always been an optimist, though I have never really thought about it until the events of recent years when my optimism was put to the test. That outlook is based on the fact that I had a wonderful childhood with fabulous parents and big brothers who supported …
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The Accidental Blank