January 2, 2025
When did drinking alcohol become such a privilege—and dare I say—reward, at least for me? No, I haven’t given up alcohol. It’s just my annual month […]
December 5, 2024
“Diane’s last blog, ‘The Purpose of Purpose,’ was brilliant as always!” -Rosie Palacz On the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, which is also known as Black […]
November 5, 2024
Thank you, Diane, for your blog about Prayer… having spent some of my younger years in a convent in Cintra, Portugal, I was blessed with the […]
October 2, 2024
Here’s a jolt. This is a post about prayer. Yeah, I know. When I outlined my blogs for the year last December, October seemed far enough […]
September 4, 2024
“You know I, like you know, really like this, you know, blog you inserted in, you know, my life.” -Darrel Watson (Commenting on my previous blog: […]
August 1, 2024
I have been pondering a blog on this topic for a couple years. But I didn’t want to provoke a wave of unsubscribes so I held […]
July 7, 2024
“Life is harder when you expect a lot of the world and little of yourself. Life is easier when you expect a lot of yourself and […]
June 3, 2024
Twenty years ago this month, I had the extraordinary opportunity to attend the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC), the U.S. Secretary of Defense’s own offering to […]
May 1, 2024
Diane, your last blog, “That Embarrassing Thing I Did in College” was too funny. It’s important to keep our sense of humor! Words do matter. And […]