This week is all about transitions, as both a noun (the process or a period of changing from one state to another) and as a verb (to undergo or cause to undergo the process or period of transition).   First up, transitions in the form of a verb. Why? Because my...

9 is in the fourth grade, Mrs. Morton’s class, with twenty-some other kids.   There’s Zoe, she’s my best friend, and Ron, that icky boy who sits behind me and glues my craft scissors together, and Jeri who’s always getting in trouble for talking too much. Mrs....

This week, a cautionary tale: a re-post of Blog 83 from October 14, 2016, VISA and the Man. Lily and 9 send their regrets and will return soon!   I was in my employer’s break room, reading an article about women in public accounting in a trade magazine. According...

I know, I know. How can I write a blog without Lily and 9? But I really need to excuse them today because the topic is women’s health. True, they are both female and will actively ponder women’s health for about eighty percent of their lives. But that time is not now....

Note that this is not stuck with the people inside- -if I didn’t have the balancing presence of Lily and 9 in my life right now I’d really be hurting.   Glad we can help. Ditto!   And 9, I want to wish you a happy second 9-a-versay! You first made yourself...

Wow, what a week! On Monday I met with the estimator from my preferred HVAC company for an estimate on a tankless water heater to replace the prehistoric behemoth in the basement that was having- -issues. I accepted the bid later that day. Forward!   On Tuesday,...