Back when I was a sweet young thing some family friends took me to their gold mine in the hills above Bakersfield. I clearly remember stopping at a restaurant that abutted the shore of the gently rolling Kern River and having my first Monte Christo sandwich. Sublime it was. It became my standard for any…
Author: teresafannin
Cleaning Out
Back when the girls were young and in elementary school I would do what my boss euphemistically called a ‘work from home’ day. But there weren’t work from home days. Oh there were those who did, the Avon or Amway representatives but most either got in a car or on a bus or train and…
First and Normal
Normal will, I suspect, like the past, have sharp curves and potholes and inane stop signs and red lights, loud and noisy people and kind and caring ones. And there will be smooth and level stretches ahead.
The Boy…
I first saw Tom at a corporate training program in Princeton New Jersey. The newly enacted ERISA, the 1974 Employment Retirement Income Security Act, written by lawyers and regulated by bureaucrats was a tome of egregious government speak. Tom was delegated with parsing and translating its application to regular folks like us in the divisions….
ENGAGE
“Grandmommy,” one of my baby grands would say when telling me a story while playing with my dollhouse. “Grandmommy, the girl goes in the front door. And then she goes to the kitchen and makes breakfast. And then she goes to the office upstairs to work.” And the story can continue to each room in…