5 Life Lessons: #1

By Jeanne

I wrote a letter to my son as part of his high school’s graduation traditions. We collected letters from friends and families and the school gave the letters to him just before graduation. My letter is my advice to him about life in general. I won’t share the exact words, because those words are for…

Racin in Racine

By Jeanne

We moved our sailboat to Racine, Wisconsin this year. We seem to slowly be making our way up the lake. We are now proud members of Racine Yacht Club. This morning in the clubhouse while having breakfast, one of the members asked if we were racers or cruisers. I answered, “I’m the cruiser, he’s the…

Theme Song?

By Jeanne

What’s that, you say? A theme song? What is this woman talking about? Am I the star of my own sitcom? I wish. Do I expect a theme song to begin playing when I enter the room? I’m weird but not that weird. I’m consistently amazed at how the universe knows when I need a…

Who needs caffeine?

By Jeanne

I got another jolt of energy from the universe today. I was driving into work, thinking hard about my next post. I was faced with a figurative blank page, intent on finding a topic that threaded together my other posts, looking to establish a sense of continuity and voice for my blog. The cosmos chose…

What’s Playing in My Head?

By Jeanne

I constantly have a song playing in my head. Earworm. Stuck song syndrome. Continuously. Incessantly. Sometimes the song in my head is what I hear on the radio, sometimes its a song that’s triggered by an event during the day, and sometimes … well… I have no idea why a song lodges in there. Occasionally…