Rochester's measly little six inches of snow isn't what did it. What did it was the rest of the Midwest got buried with enough snow, wind and ice to shut down airports from Minneapolis to the East coast. And my flight to Dayton, Ohio was canceled. I have to say, I leapt for joy! No business travel and I'm stuck at home, not in some airport somewhere like so many people are today. Thank you storm. Read the rest of this entry »

Once again I learn anew and this blog changes. I moved my Wordpress.com blog to Wordpress.org using Hostgator for my hosting. Goodbye Go Daddy and the continual upselling. Though Hostgator and Wordpress.org require more technical acuity, I'm plodding along making progress. Though there has got to be a way to upload folders or multiple files on cPanel. One file at a time is excruciating. Read the rest of this entry »

For years, I've been an instructional designer, technical writer, trainer, project manager and change analyst. I've loved it and there were days that I wished I could go plant flowers instead of solve business problems. This career gave me a good living and allowed me the means to do other things I love to do, like travel. Then the world changed. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometime during the holiday season, you'll probably hear a song from the movie The Sound of Music. "I simply remember my favorite things...." I love that movie! But it's not the lyrics of a song from the movie that stand out. Rather it's a piece of dialog from the scene where Maria is talking with Mother Superior about going back to the Von Trapp's home after running back to the convent to escape her feelings of love for the captain. The Reverand Mother tells Maria as she sends her back, "When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window." Read the rest of this entry »