When Did Comcast’s Customer Service Philosophy Become “F*** You?”
If you own stock in Comcast, you might want to sell. I’m not a financial guru, but I have a phenomenal gift for sensing when a corporate culture has gone […]
Category Archives: Survive Thrive Joy
50 Years of Beatlemania
Mesmerized. Awestruck. Ecstatic. Transformed. I was only 15 years old, but I knew I was watching history in my aunt and uncle’s living room on their black and white television […]
Happy New Year!
Happy 2014! The new year starts with a super new moon on January 1. It is the year of the horse. I wish everyone an abundance of joy, love, laughter, peace, […]
Happy Holidays!
Wishing y’all happy holidays and a 2014 filled with an abundance of blessings, love, joy, prosperity, and peace.
Holy Crap! I’m Officially an Old Broad.
When did this happen? I’ve never admitted to middle-age. Now, I’m officially a crabby old goat, a cranky old broad, a cantankerous old bitch. The operative word is “old.” Solid-gold […]
Criminal “Justice” System: Justice or Criminal?
It’s not a system. It’s not about justice. It’s just criminal. – Unknown Julie Owens posted this quote on Facebook on Friday. Today seems an apt day to publish it. […]
Farewell, Dear Visitors
This is my 548th post, and it will likely be my last. I will never find a survivor story as powerful as Pat Conroy’s The Death of Santini. He captured the […]
Change of Course for Navigating Uncharted Waters
Every ship’s captain must know when to trim the sails, change course, and jettison excess baggage. It is time for me to take firm control of my destiny and do […]
Free @ Last. I Am Free @ Last. Freedom Is a State of Mind.
It’s like he stole my soul. – Anna Quindlen, Black and Blue Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of the awful night of the guns. I was trapped and terrified. […]
Making Like Madea: “Oh, Hell to the NO!”
For the past two weeks, I have been in PTSD/suicidal hell. I lost count of the number of times I have talked myself out of swallowing a bottle 50 Oxycodone […]
Anne Caroline Drake 