by Norma Thatcher | May 23, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Everything is timing. Those are the concluding words of Daniel Pink’s latest book WHEN – The scientific secrets of perfect timing. My Lifted Up blog readers know that sometimes I challenge the tribe to step outside our regular patterns of thinking and consider...
by Norma Thatcher | May 19, 2018 | Family, Thought provoking
The most highly viewed post on NextAvenue.org was written by Richard Eisenberg. It was titled, Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff. It garnered one and a half million views. Eisenberg is a baby boomer who was faced with clearing his deceased father’s apartment...
by Norma Thatcher | May 16, 2018 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Do you remember the original Rocky movie that was released in 1976? Forget all the sequels; the original was, and always will be, the best. Here’s the synopsis: Rocky Balboa is a small-time, down-on-his-luck Philadelphia boxer. He is handed the opportunity of a...
by Norma Thatcher | May 12, 2018 | Home, Inspirational
Do you ever tour model homes? I don’t mean with an intent to purchase, but rather, just to see new and clever concepts from builders as well as their decorators’ creative ideas. For the second year my daughter and I visited Richmond, Virginia’s Homearama. This year...
by Norma Thatcher | May 8, 2018 | Thought provoking
My husband Richard has had a long-time fascination with trains; this was firmly in place before I ever showed up in his life. He and his dad were especially fond of the old-time steam trains. So when a few years ago, Richard proposed that he and I take the Amtrak...
