Stories from the road... thus far

3 Movies to remember in Social Distancing Times

I went to a Starbucks with a friend the other day, when asked for ‘my name for the order’ I replied “Wilson, and can I ask you a favor...

3 Questions from late night Red Lights- Part Deux

In our last episode https://makingabetterpast.com/2020/11/16/3-questions-from-late-night-red-lights-part-1/ we found our “Crusading...

3 questions from late night red lights -Part 1

My father got to grade nine before he had to quit school to get a job to contribute to his families much needed revenue. At the time,...

Natural selection

Darwin’s vison of the evolution of a species has always been of fascination and inspiration to me. To oversimplify his life’s work I...

Tourist Trap!

Light of Dawn Recently while on vacation, a woman looked over my way and waded across the pool. I panicked. My first thought was “uh oh!...

What I learned from designing women’s shoes about manifesting desires.

Early in my career I worked with my father in the creation of women’s fashion footwear. I started that journey in Florence, Italy, where...

How to get through the scary, painful disturbances.

“Mindfulness is the handbrake for thoughtless behaviour” In some of my previous posts, I have written about the benefits of actually...

Remembrance

Light at the edge of darkness When I forget that I am but one seven billionth of my species on the planet that life itself has existed...

Graceland

“There is a girl in New York City Who calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I’m falling, flying Or tumbling in turmoil I...

What did “HE” do next ?

I remember as a kid we were inspired by a “Voice Over” style of TV show where the Narrator seems to be watching the same story unfold...

Even Superman has Kryptonite

My mother had a little quote on the wall that may have contributed to my restless identification of what is missing/wrong. “When you’re...

Light defined from darkness owned.

I recently watched a LinkedIn video discussing failure as a learning opportunity. The challenge with failure is that it can really sting…...

High school dances and life lessons in negotiation.

When I was growing up one of my closer friends suddenly lost his father. It really rattled me at the time, because his dad was really...

What doesn’t kill us …hurts!

The idea of emotions colliding with the physical self is nothing new. It is often said that the greatest influence on the onset of...

On Becoming

Back in the day, my mother who hails from the Deep South used the expression “that’s not at all becoming” in reference to attire or...

The eyes have it ?

When I was a kid I remember defending myself for some transgression before my dad and saying; “Can you tell me what’s on the wall behind...