by Norma Thatcher | Nov 19, 2016 | Family, Home, Inspirational
The tradition started eight years ago when my sister Barbara bemoaned that she had never mastered our sister-in-law Ruth’s recipe for pumpkin rolls. I invited Barbara over for a day and we made ourselves a batch of them. The secret really is just like Julia Child (at...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 15, 2016 | Humor, Inspirational, Public speaking
I enjoy the moment when something pops up in new material I’m reading or listening to that ties in directly to a topic I’ve just taught. When it occurs, I act like my dog. I become alert and take notice, just like Riley when he senses there might be another half of a...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 12, 2016 | Inspirational, Spiritual
In the past year, I’ve been to two military funerals for family members. A military funeral service is steeped in ceremony. In this time of grief and uncertainty, there is something calming about the precision of the actions taking place before us. We may be anxious...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 8, 2016 | Humor, Inspirational, Public speaking
When I trained people in my former field of credit management, I often said, “I’m not a cookie cutter type of credit manager.” That meant that, even though there were processes in place to help us get the job done, some of the decisions, especially the substantial or...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 5, 2016 | Humor, Inspirational, Spiritual
Until yesterday I had forgotten what it’s like for a speaker to have an audience who acts up. From the moment I joined them, they were all over me. Literally. It was my first day as a volunteer reader at Head Start. As I sat on the area rug with them, two of...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 1, 2016 | Family, Inspirational, Spiritual
I’ve visited Fallingwater, the architectural masterpiece by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, half a dozen times. Each time, I see something new or absorb a different slant on an aspect I noted previously. If you’ve never seen it, you owe it to yourself to take the tour....
