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This day after Thanksgiving was a day of fun and plenty. Don, my beach friend and pilot, and I went to the Va. Air Museum to see some amazing airplanes. Don never met a staranger and started talking to a volunteer guide there. The next thing I knew he was climbing into a tiny Vultee aircraft built about 1930 and used as an executive plane for passengers like Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and Randolph Hearst. I followed. It was quite plush inside and complete with a bathroom about as big as an elf room.
Afterwards a short auto tour of Richmond covered historical sites. As we headed home we drove around some trash in the road. On second glance it was tomatoes and mushrooms, almost ready for a salad. On Don's insistance, we gathered enough for us to share and use ourselves. They'll go well with our Turkey Day leftovers.
Life is good and bountiful. Just look around. There's bounty in the least expected places.
Heart moments
Over the weekend I delighted in visiting a long time friend, Sherri, over a bowl of hot homemade soup on a very cold windy Saturday in her home. As women do, we talked about everything in no particular order - business, easy foods to fix, unexpected flurries in November, trips to Africa, and boyfriends. While we ate, we watched birds eat and were entertained and awed by the hummingbirds. They darted around, chased each other away from the food, returned one at a time to perch on the feeder and drank heartily.
Sherri and I connected at the heart, ate and loved the moment. It's the best of smart woman heart moments. What are some of your smart woman heart moments?
Sherri and I connected at the heart, ate and loved the moment. It's the best of smart woman heart moments. What are some of your smart woman heart moments?
The safety patrol
'Today's my 10th anniversary as a school crossing guard!' the lady in the middle of the street yelled at me. She's on my early morning walking route, stopping traffic at the busy intersection for the elementary school children and me to cross the street safely.
Seeing her in the yellow vest and white cross straps marking the safety patrol took me back to my days on the safety patrol. This was an honor we could apply for in the 5th and 6th grades. And such an honor it was to be chosen to be in the select few.
The rewards were my draw to be there. Forget that I had to be there at o dark early to suit up to begin. After duty we got to go to the corner drug store and get orange juice on a hot morning and hot chocolate on a cold morning. We got to look important wearing the cross straps. We stopped traffic, including buses.
And the best part was that we got to be late to school.
Seeing her in the yellow vest and white cross straps marking the safety patrol took me back to my days on the safety patrol. This was an honor we could apply for in the 5th and 6th grades. And such an honor it was to be chosen to be in the select few.
The rewards were my draw to be there. Forget that I had to be there at o dark early to suit up to begin. After duty we got to go to the corner drug store and get orange juice on a hot morning and hot chocolate on a cold morning. We got to look important wearing the cross straps. We stopped traffic, including buses.
And the best part was that we got to be late to school.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL CARLY?
Last Thursday while guesting on It's Your Job radio show about employment issues Carly called in. Here's her situation.
"My co-worker doesn't speak to me. When I ask her for help, she won't and refuses to acknowledge that I've talked to her. There're projects we have to do together. I need her help and I don't know what to do. What should I do?"
What would you tell her?
"My co-worker doesn't speak to me. When I ask her for help, she won't and refuses to acknowledge that I've talked to her. There're projects we have to do together. I need her help and I don't know what to do. What should I do?"
What would you tell her?
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