by Norma Thatcher | Sep 6, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Are you old enough to remember when a certain brand of tea bag included a message on the paper end that connected the string to the bag? It was either something humorous or a piece of homespun wisdom, kind of like a fortune cookie message. Except there was no...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 3, 2016 | Home, Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
I kept just one memento from my former job: a plexiglas award from 2002 for Outstanding Finance Team Member. Wow. I hope you are duly impressed. At the office, the trophy sat in a large East-facing window. The morning light, having been bent twice by the prism edges,...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 30, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
I was standing on a step stool, searching for the honey in an upper corner cabinet. My elbow accidentally nudged a can of tomatoes that obeyed the law of gravity and dropped like, well, like a can of tomatoes. It landed smack in the middle of an etched glass platter I...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 27, 2016 | Healthy Living, Humor, Inspirational, Thought provoking
The twelve-page booklet is copyrighted 1963: 101 Ways to be More Attractive. The information was compiled by staff members of Patricia Stevens Career College and Finishing School in Chicago who referred to themselves as the “foremost authorities of beauty and charm.”...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 20, 2016 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve heard of “tiny houses.” These houses typically fall in a range of 300-400 square feet. They’re compact and the best ones find ways to seemingly put every inch to work. This is huge contradiction to...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 16, 2016 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
When I first announced last year that I planned to retire from my day job, the reactions could be separated typically into two categories: 1) The “I’m so excited for you—you’ll love it!” group’s response was grounded in belief that life has an abundance of wonderful...
