Finding my game at midlife
Despite magnificent weather, gorgeous scenery and the company of three of my four favorite people (our daughter wasn’t there), I still struggled over “unplugging” from the Internet in order to enjoy our family’s trip to Yosemite last weekend. I knew from past trips that cellular coverage ... [Continue Reading]
Maybe it was as simple as sunlight deficiency during the winter months, but I was on the verge of quitting tennis after a few disastrous performances earlier this year. “Performances” – that’s the key word. As if a bunch of people were watching me play a ladies match that counted for ... [Continue Reading]
I just lost a tennis match. A USTA match. One I should have won. It started out well enough: my partner and I won the toss, served and won the first game. Next we lost our opponents’ serve, no big deal. Then they broke our serve -- this was kind of a problem, since their better ... [Continue Reading]
The flaming email -- we've all received them. We might even admit we've sent one. Maybe not a flame that rages like a "Howler" in Harry Potter, but certainly one that smolders. While we think of internet flames as caustic remarks on public message boards, PC Magazine defines to flame as "to ... [Continue Reading]
Thank goodness, I’m back online. Friday a story about the “National Day of Unplugging” came on my car radio. You can read about “The Unplug Challenge” here . Basically, you disconnect from your cell phone, email, text, Facebook, Twitter, etc. for a 24-hour period, to help you “slow ... [Continue Reading]
