by Norma Thatcher | Jun 26, 2018 | Humor, Public speaking, Uncategorized, Words
Do you repeat yourself? No, I’m not inquiring whether or not you tell stories repetitiously. (“Say, have I ever told you about the time I….”) Instead, I’m asking this: Are you word lazy? Many of us are. We get in a rut, using and overusing the same small vocabulary of...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 23, 2018 | Humor, Words
I know I am not dumb. Over the course of my life, I have figured out a lot of “stuff” on my own and by reading. But when it comes to mechanical engineering problems, how things fit together to work, I come down with a violent case of brain freeze. Case in point: I...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 9, 2018 | Humor, Thought provoking
Are you aware that the US Postal Service is celebrating an anniversary this year? It’s not too late to send them a card (pun #1) to acknowledge it’s been one hundred years since airmail was established. The 23rd issue of the USA Philatelic (tagged as “the official...
by Norma Thatcher | May 5, 2018 | Humor, Thought provoking
Before Al Gore invented the internet, people took quizzes found in magazines. (Just kidding—Mr. Gore never really claimed that he invented it; his words were taken out of context.)The magazine quizzes seemed fun and since you responded to them in the privacy of your...
by Norma Thatcher | May 1, 2018 | Healthy Living, Humor
One of the keepsakes I inherited from my grandmother is a 40 page pamphlet entitled 80 Famous Prescriptions. The price, as imprinted on the front cover, was $5 in the late 1800s. Translated to today’s dollars, that would be approximately $141. So this $5 purchase in...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 17, 2018 | Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Have you ever had the experience of reading a book a second time and receiving a different message than the first time? When my son Tim was around six, one of his favorite picture books was The Knight and the Dragon (story and pictures by Tomie dePaola). K&D was a...
