I really am a Motorcycle Mechanic. Back in the days before the Women’s Liberation Movement, I was working in my father’s diesel garage, cleaning parts and putting together – or taking apart – the things that I could physically manage. At home, I worked along side my brother, building motorcycles. I went to school for [...]

This is an odd title for an article being written today, right? Pirates taking people hostage in the high seas near the Horn of Africa. We’re battling with several Middle Eastern countries at the same time, unemployment is strangling our communities and Detroit is under siege by both automakers and the Federal Government.
The flailing economy, [...]

Aren’t you just excited about Spring coming around again? The clocks have just been “sprung” ahead, so we’ve lost an hour of sleep, something most of us women don’t get enough of to start with. In addition to the day job, the laundry, the housework, the school work, the husband, the kids, etc, [...]

BE IT TWISTED OR STRAIGHT, WIDE OR NARROW,
THE FOOTPRINT I LEAVE WILL IMPACT TOMORROW
THE SMILE I SHARE, THE HUG THAT I GIVE
CAN CHANGE DARK DISPAIR INTO NEW WILL TO LIVE.
 
THE WOMAN WHOSE CHILD WON’T LIVE THE YEAR
CAN’T IMAGINE SUCH PAIN, CAN’T MANAGE THE FEAR
BUT SOMEHOW THE PEOPLE WHO CROSS HER HARD PATH
MAKE IT EASIER, MORE [...]

Multitasking, by definition, is the ability to perform more than one task at the same time.  We do it every day and so do others.  Here in Florida, it is not yet illegal to drive and use your cell phone, either for speaking or texting.  I’ve glanced over, only to see a driver chatting on [...]

Times are tough and from appearances they’re about to get tougher.  But here’s the thing:
Times have always been tough.  At no time in recorded history has life been a cake-walk for anyone anywhere.  Everyone has challenges and they either rise to meet them or they don’t.
This is today’s position.  Whether you’re talking about on the [...]