Spending with Lasting Pleasure

Can you identify a purchase that has given you lasting pleasure? I wonder… Outside my office window birds play and feast year round at our bird-feeders. One bird feeder is over ten years old, at least; the other is newer, maybe five years old. As we contemplate...

Nature Deficit Disorder

Are you familiar with Nature Deficit Disorder? I wonder … Did you know that humans reap wonders from being in nature? Author and journalist Richard Louv coined the phrase Nature Deficit Disorder in his popular books.  Carol Kaufmann recently penned an article about...

Celebrate Financial Planning Week

How will you celebrate financial planning week? I wonder… It is financial planning week and I invite you to celebrate your finances and relationship with money.  The international professional organization for financial planners, The Financial Planning Association,...

Be a Master of Your Mess

Our second and last child just entered college; now we are empty nesters. In our transition, I wonder, I write and I share… including on the forum of Facebook. Here is part of a recent post about the experience: “….. A midst the chaos movement and frenzy of college...

Recognition of value to others ~

How in touch are you with service and value for others?  I wonder… Listening to the radio recently I had a “are you kidding me?” moment. A homeless man found a backpack filled with over $40,000 in American Express travelers checks and turned the bag into the...

When others suffer what’s your inspiration?

When others suffer, particularly at a distance, what’s your inspiration? I wonder… The sun is shining. Family, our community, and the east coast are enjoying a typical easy transition to autumn.  While complacency is our state of mind, friends, strangers, and others...