by Norma Thatcher | Apr 10, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information
You may have seen some of the free online educational offerings during this COVID-19 pandemic. If not, I’ve given you plenty to review in the links below! I started one on Coursera that was dubbed the most popular online course at Yale: The Science of Well-Being....
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 4, 2020 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
F. Scott Fitzgerald borrowed the poet’s phrase “Tender is the night” to become the title of his 1934 novel. The term “Bright Star” was taken from one of his poems and used as the title of a 2009 biographical film on the poet’s life. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 19, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information, Spiritual
My friend Kimberlee Baer says her response is sometimes a conversation starter. At other times it can bring a conversation to a screeching halt. The question: “What do you do for a living?” Her response: “I’m a licensed funeral director.” Presently most funeral...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 22, 2020 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Interesting information, Thought provoking
My mother-in-law Rosalie often quipped an adage up to the week before she died at the age of 100: “Old age isn’t for sissies.” QuoteInvestigator.com says that the phrase first appeared in the Reader’s Digest April 1968 magazine, having been submitted to their “Life in...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 1, 2020 | Inspirational, Spiritual
Last June I gave a dear friend (who at the time had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer) the gift of a year in the form of a National Geographic book: Daily Peace, 365 Days of Renewal. The book’s jacket encourages readers to “Pause to reflect, enjoy life’s simple...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 10, 2020 | Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
Life lessons appear around us each day if we can just remember to be attentive. I certainly wasn’t expecting to find one at a celebration of life ceremony for the son of a friend. I guess because it was unexpected that I felt (and still feel) a tremendous sense of awe...
