Everyone wants a deal. I've seen it as I've worked booking speeches for decades, and it's more stressful as the terms...
Random Thoughts
do you suffer from professional victim fatigue?
All these influencers blabbing about how they're being victimized is making me crazy. Weird, professional victims are...
it’s quiet and peaceful in the country… until it’s not
Rural living is wonderful all year round, but especially when it's warm enough to be outside -- yet cool enough to be...
hummingbirds have their suitcases packed for the journey
We're down to just a few hummingbirds at the feeder now, and they are simply here to refuel and not stay for any length of...
use a brain cell before posting on social media
So many users of social media platforms are finding themselves without a job because they're sharing before they think. In...
how to tell your age
Without telling your age, name a band that was popular when you were in high school. We'll wait... For some of us, that's...
favorite tennessean and interesting conversation about WWII
Yesterday, Katie let me know she was on the way to our place but it would take some time to get here. The delay wasn't...
it doesn’t mean you don’t care if you don’t agree
I'm old enough to remember when you could trust the news and you couldn't easily access a video of an actual person being...
empathy is a skill but can cause emotional overload
Having empathy means understanding and sharing in others' feelings without necessarily letting those emotions overwhelm or...









