by Norma Thatcher | Nov 6, 2018 | Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
There’s a label people attempt to stick on me, and I don’t like it one bit. Elderly. It seems that anyone aged 65+ is elderly. The US Census Bureau, Medicare, and the Canadian government use age 65 as the qualifier for “elderly.” Just today I got my flu shot at...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 22, 2018 | Humor, Thought provoking
Consider the problematic issues associated with California: earthquakes, fires, epic rain, epic drought, mudslides, unreliable water supply, collapsing economic infrastructure, and too many Chihuahuas. Yes, I said Chihuahuas. That is not an auto-correction. Chihuahuas...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 14, 2018 | Humor, Marketing, Thought provoking
Do you recall listening to the radio leading up to New Year’s Eve? Radio stations asked listeners to vote for their favorite song of all time. Some years back I was with a mixed group of people as the #1 listener pick was announced for that year. When Unchained Melody...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 11, 2018 | Humor, Recipe
What’s your favorite brand and flavor of ice cream? Mine is homemade butterscotch ice cream by Little Man Ice Cream. I’ve eaten it a total of ONE time. Here’s the problem: Little Man is in the Denver area and I live in Virginia. I know I have at least one reader in...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 4, 2018 | Humor, Thought provoking, Uncategorized
When I flipped over my writing room’s wall calendar to August, I was disgusted at the new month’s photo. After seven months of amazing flower garden photography, August’s photo showed three butterflies on a Joe-pye weed plant. Why did I find that so repulsive?...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 3, 2018 | Humor, Public speaking
As part of a warm-up routine before giving a presentation or talk, I suggest students use music. Once I asked a class if they were already in the habit of including music—either listening to or singing along—before speaking. A man we’ll call Theo raised his hand. He...
