Doing what we love—and actually feeling it I found myself sitting with a question today—one borrowed from the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. She wrote that while in Italy—learning the language, enjoying the food, and more importantly, re-relearning how to enjoy her life—she asked herself: “Is it such a bad thing to live …
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Signs Along the River
“This isn’t a political reflection. It’s a story about recognizing the moment when ego loosens its grip on the shifter and the soul takes the handlebars.” I took a cold weather bike ride along the Merrimack River today, bundled up and feeling good to be back on familiar roads. Amesbury, Newburyport, West Newbury, and Merrimack …
Vegas Business Trip: My Unexpected Upgrade Story
Going To Vegas It was 1985, and I was a fresh-faced technical support representative for Polaroid, winging my way to my first-ever business trip. Destination: Las Vegas. Mission: work the company booth at CONDEX. As a newbie to business travel and a Vegas virgin, I was navigating the world of corporate expenses armed with a …
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The Widow’s Walk Diaries
Prologue The Widow’s Walk Diaries are a work of fiction. As most parents do, I used to read stories to my daughter Izzy at night before bed. After a long days work, many nights my prospects of staying awake while reading where, between slim and none. To keep my mind active and to capture Izzy’s …
Cambridgeport’s Greasy Village
Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to understand the old Greasy Village neighborhood. Trying To Get StartedEvery once in a while I get writers block, meaning I can't think or get excited about things I want to learn or write about. When I began writing this article I wanted to know more about the Greasy Village neighborhood …
The Bow Legged Blogger 