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My Year of Hopefulness – Visions and Plans

Posted in dreams, faith, hope, vision on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“How could a vision ever be given to someone to harbor if that person could not be trusted to carry it out? The message is simple: commitment precedes vision.” High Eagle In San Jose, we stopped at an artisan market to buy gifts for family and friends back home. The market was filled with stalls [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – You Get What You Give

Posted in change, community service, hope, travel, volunteer, wishes on November 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »

“What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.” ~ Oprah Winfrey I’m off to Costa Rica tomorrow on a volunteer project with Cross-Cultural Solutions. A lot of people have asked me why I chose to do a volunteer vacation. Why would I spend my vacation working? There are several [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – Climb Up A Ways

Posted in career, change, dreams, hope, theatre on November 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »

One of the first Broadway shows I worked on was Cabaret at Studio 54. I would sit in the back of the theatre night after night and watch that story unfold, every show more beautiful than the show before. One of my favorite lines is from Herr Schultz (played by Ron Rifkin) to Fräulein Schneider [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – The Invitation

Posted in change, dreams, hope on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am still sort of getting my new home set up. I’m having a hard time getting myself entirely set up. I’m sure this is being brought on by some left over emotional fall-out from the fire. I suppose I’m scared and worried that all of this will just got up in smoke again, literally. [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – The Healthcare Future I’d Like to See

Posted in government, healthcare, hope on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was my first visit to my new general practitioner. My doctor retired about a year ago and I wasn’t crazy about him anyway so I needed to find a new one. A friend of mine referred me to his doctor. The wait for an appointment with him was a bit long, though my friend [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – Tony

Posted in encouragement, hope, learning, love, relationships on October 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“Abundance comes not from stuff. In fact, stuff is an indication of non-abundance. Abundance is in the sacred; it’s in the connection of love. We will find abundance through hard times when we find each other.” ~ Rebecca Adamson I fell in love with Tony 8 years ago at first sight. To date, it was [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – How a Dime Makes a Difference with a FEED 100 Bag

Posted in charity, children, education, hope, hunger, school, shopping on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I arrived home last night to my ordinary neighborhood after a mostly ordinary day at the office. I walked down a few blocks to Whole Foods with the intention of picking up dinner and going back to my apartment to watch NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams – one of my favorite weeknight activities. (Nerdy, [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – Owning Pink’s Tribute

Posted in friendship, hope, letter, loss, nature, women, writing on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I usually only publish one hopeful inspiration per day on this blog. Today is special for a lot of reasons, so I’m publishing two. One month ago today, my apartment building caught fire, and set off a month of changes in my life that I never saw coming. Quite, frankly, none of them were changes [...]

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The Journal of Cultural Conversation – Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Posted in art, film, free, hope, The Journal of Cultural Conversation, war, women, writing on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Exciting news over in TJCC-land! Laura, my brilliant friend and writing partner as well as the mastermind behind The Journal of Cultural Conversation, is working on a front-end re-design for the site that will be up within the week. We’re also working on a re-branding effort as well, though again, Laura must take 99% of [...]

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My Year of Hopefulness – A letter to October

Posted in art, hope, loss, nature, opportunity, sadness on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Sweet October, Thank you for arriving. I had enough of September and all the trouble she brought my way. A fire that threatened to trap me inside, claiming my home and most of my belongings with smoke, and then lost my dear sweet dog. A sad, sad month. Now you’ve arrived and I’m so glad [...]

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