It seemed funny to me at first. I had made several laps at the fitness center and noticed that the others were going the wrong way. On the first day of “The Right Weigh” program, I had asked which direction to take on the track. “Clockwise,” was the response. I was sure I was right.… Continue reading Sincerely Wrong
Month: January 2021
What’s in a Name?
Lizetta. Misspelled and mispronounced most of her life, this unusual name never became endeared by its owner–but hundreds of us love it because of the person who bore it. Not stopping with Lizetta, Grandma gave her two more names giving her daughter quite a handle: Lizetta Ida Henrietta! The name “Lizetta” came from a grandmother:… Continue reading What’s in a Name?
On the Edge
History will record the well-worn unprecedented as the word for 2020. January of 2021 claims it also. We find ourselves “on edge” as we are on the edge of an unknown new year. Adrenalin rises (as does our blood pressure) while watching newscasts or surveying our own uncertain situations. Long ago and far away others… Continue reading On the Edge