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My Week in Arizona
Arizona has been long cherished in my heart of hearts: the huge sky gives my soul room to breathe, the morning birds sing a familiar only-in-African tune, the year-round wall of warm air outside every door is delightful. My college roommate lives in Phoenix. My brother lives in Tucson. My cheerleader-adopted-mom lives in Yuma….
A Self-Taught MBA
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” Mark Twain might be best known for Huckleberry Finn, but somewhere along the way he became a witty philosophical type. I embrace his concept that success begins with acknowledging ignorance, claiming it, owning it, and finding a solution — with confidence. Spending a summer hospitalized afforded many long…
I went to Charleston
After nine years of friendship (and four more of acquaintance-ship), the very first Marian-Jennifer girls weekend finally happened. No husbands (no offense, men!), no kiddos (you know we love you!), no agenda (for two type-A’s, our basic agenda was practically not even a schedule). Just a couple of foodie stops, a shopping excursion, and a nice…
An Expedition to Keats Island
The dawn wasn’t as dramatic as I’d hoped for (I love dawn. Always have. Always will.), but the view was nonetheless spectacular. We left our corner of normalcy at o’dark thirty (I think it was 530am, if we’re going to be specific) to catch the 7am ferry across the ocean. Yes, I did say ferry…
The Mountains
So far, my favorite part of living in the Pacific Northwest is the 300 degree view of snow-capped mountains (the other sixty degrees is filled with beach and ocean…not half bad, yes?). I drive up the road and see mountains. I come out of the grocery store and see mountains. I hang out at the…
