the adventures of an incurable optimist

Month July 2011

If you can’t say something nice…

The other day on the twitters, someone I follow re-tweeted this from Yoko Ono: yokoono: Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life. Now, I’m not… Continue Reading →

Nostalgia

The recent spate of miserable heat and stifling humidity brings to mind the years (1980-1985) our family lived in a suburb of Orlando. I know, way to sell it, right? Not the Sunshine State, not sunny Florida, which the orange… Continue Reading →

On cobblers’ children

You can probably think of several of those old sayings: cobblers’ children never have shoes; doctors’ children are always sick; etc. I have a new one for you: cg’s blog rarely gets updated.  And when I say updated, I mean… Continue Reading →

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