Gayle

It REALLY is the little things

2012/01/13 Gayle 1

I had surgery in December. It was major surgery which, as it turned out was more complicated than first expected. The story began about 12 weeks ago, I won’t bore you with gory details, but from the beginning I have been calling this an experience. Today I ran across this quote: “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”—Victoria Holt My word for 2012 (I usually pick three but in my year of simplify I am only choosing one) is yes. Yes means I am open to possibilities. Yes means I’m off the couch and into my life. And Yes means remembering to enjoy and appreciate the little things in my life. My surgery has been very humbling. I’ve learned the small joys The rest of the story

Train Memories

2012/01/03 Gayle 0

My mom sent me this video Along with the following note: I grew up about 1/10 mile from the train, the passenger trains stopped there and we rode to Bluefield and back. There are many good memories of the trains, especially during World War II then the troops would wave and throw out addresses hoping to get a letter for some one. When the passenger train went with green flags that meant a troop train would come soon. We lived close enought to see the trains and knew what different flags meant. There were very long coal trains and some times they would block the crossing for a good while, waiting to get into the Bluefield yard Gayle again – I remember my grandma’s being right by The rest of the story

SPAM or Helpful Info

2012/01/03 Gayle 1

If you follow this blog you know I am no prolific business writer. Sure I love to dabble in writing, I share weird and outrageous stories I find on my personal blog, I post sporadically to my photo blog but rarely do I think that I have the inside track on any topic. In the words of Solomon, there is nothing new under the sun and I’m pretty sure someone else has already said whatever it is I am about to say. Does that mean I am not cutting edge, probably! It also means that I don’t need to stroke my ego….or some BS like that. I often say, or think, there’s a blog post in there but that is generally the end of my The rest of the story

What will you Write on the Clean Slate of 2012

2011/12/31 Gayle 0

Tomorrow begins a new year. A fresh start. How will you spend the next year?

Fighting the Fear Factor

2011/11/16 Gayle 2

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. ~ Mark Twain My dog is extra large; however he has a fear of jumping in the bed. It is an easy leap for smaller dogs, but for the big guy jumping in the bed is a scary, gut-wrenching thought. He cries to get in, and then runs away if he thinks you’re going to ‘help’ him in. Then the moment his feet hit the bed he dances around like Rocky at the top of the Philadelphia stairs, his pride in making it onto the bed is palpable. He wants to reach his goal of being in the bed, but his fear of doing it keeps him from making the leap with out human The rest of the story