Minding the Store

…or in tonight’s scenario, Minding the Paycheck. 
My paycheck is, at the moment, the store.  Not the bricks-and-mortar store known to many in business, because I don’t own the store, the business.  I’m talking about the store of my family’s refrigerator and kitchen cabinets, the roof over our heads, the bills we pay monthly, and our ability [...]

Mind Your Manners

…or they will most certainly mind you.  If you’re not sure which set of manners pertain to the company in which you find yourself, ask someone who’s been there before.  Who are these people?  And, how should I conduct myself in their company?
This seems silly and unnecessary to lots of us who have lived lives [...]

Making Up My Mind

I’m trying to, really, I am. 
I’ve looked up my First Amendment rights (U.S. Constitution, for those of you outside the U.S. of A.), and find that there is room for that wonderful thing in law called “interpretation”.  While I’m happy to entertain my weekend plans as being within the contexts of my rights as a [...]

Mindful Regression

Some memories take us back in time to thoughts of loved ones, fun times, the good ol’ days, the bad ol’ days, successes, and near misses.  They can bring up all sorts of dormant emotions, and we may or may not want to revisit them.  Normally, we have a choice about making that trip down [...]

Mix Ups

I mix up my words a lot.  I don’t have visual dyslexia, so maybe I have verbal dyslexia.  I also think I have telephone-dialing dyslexia. 
I’m not patient enough to create an address book in the three phones I use on a daily basis (home phone, cell phone, work phone).  I still (amazingly) know some phone numbers by heart [...]