Just the thoughts and musings of a middle-aged, aspiring Buddhist, late-diagnosed autistic female genius. You will probably not agree with me, but at least I will make you THINK. The only comments I take are high praise or gently constructive criticism. All others will be duly ignored.
In America, we have a philosophy that things must be ranked, optimized, put in order and our primary way of creating that order is through competition. We judge those who "win" as morally superior to those who "lose" in competition. If you lost a competition, you are encouraged to pick yourself up, dust yourself off …
Continue reading Competition Does Not Always Yield the Best Results
It is a lovely Friday today, with summertime temperatures predicted, and my heart is heavy. Earlier this week I was made aware of two passings in my circle of connections, neither Covid-related, but each devastating in their own ways. As usual, I am presenting as outwardly stoic while at the same time barely being able …
Thursday night, my husband had gone on a short weekend camping trip and I was left alone... with my thoughts. As I let the dog out for last pee, I found myself staring at the sky, looking to see whether the clouds have rolled in yet. We had rain forecasted to begin overnight Friday and …
OK, I've written before about this being an aspiration and I feel the time has come... As of this weekend, I'm "coming out" again by attaching this blog, warts and all, to my LinkedIn profile. Do I expect this action to make an enormous splash? Of course not. I have some occasional interactions through that …
I have an accomplishment to share. On September 13, 2021, I have completed the coursework and received my certificate for Diversity and Inclusion through Cornell University's e-learning program. This was something I set the intention for earlier in the year, last April to be exact. Honestly, I did not do a bunch of research into …
Continue reading Who is “Diversity and Inclusion” Training For?
It has been a week, dear readers. After last week's post about cousin Julie, I've struggled to put together the time to gather any thoughts about another of the topics I normally blather on about. I have many thoughts, but they are jumbled and fleeting, and yet they also won't go away. So here I …
Continue reading To Post or Not to Post, That is the Question
[Names have been changed to preserve anonymity.] It finally happened... it took a long time and I did not in any way believe we would be immune to what so many others have had to endure over the last 18 months. It was, in fact, an incredible privilege that it hadn't happened until now. But …
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