Everyday Epiphany: Bad choices are better than worse choices. While minding my own business (which was drinking a Belgium beer on my front porch), Louis, a door-to-door salesperson for ATT, approached me. Decked out in a company monogramed golf shirt accessorized with a lanyarded plastic nametag, he introduced himself. After agreeing about the evening’s pleasantness… Continue reading Not So Bad Choices
The melodious birdsong, shy wildflowers, and warming weather lured me away from my flowerbed raking and hydrangea pruning. The robin’s chirruping tempted me to abandon the rake. The Dutchman’s breeches raised questions as to what other wildflowers might be peeking out from under forest litter. The gentle sun nudged me. Tossing my shears, I proceeded… Continue reading Walk This Way
AI here! AI there! AI everywhere! If you haven’t heard about Artificial Intelligence, once you’re rescued from that desert island where you’ve been stranded, Google it. If you do, you’ve used AI and AI used you. Artificial Intelligence or AI is a buzzword that pestered me to the point where I needed to swat it… Continue reading Appreciating Unartificial Intelligence
“We should have the pontoon delivered before we leave for Italy,” said Mike, my significant other. “Then we’ll be ready to cruise when we return.” “If we do that, we might have motor problems since it ‘ll be unused for a few weeks,” I said. ”Then there’s the heron trouble.” Last summer a great blue… Continue reading A Detailed Thinker Gets The Big Picture
“The milk is sour, Anita,” said Mike as he spooned Nestle’s Original Coffee Mate into his coffee. Crying Over Spilt Milk The dairy members of our refrigerator community had become passive aggressive. We abandoned them during our eight-day Florida vacation and they had turned on us. The bottom third of the 2% Prairie Farms Milk… Continue reading The Perishable Plan That Perished
A Few Choice Words By Anita 