by Norma Thatcher | Jul 21, 2018 | Healthy Living, Words
Last Thursday my brain couldn’t come up with the phrase “scavenger hunt.” I was telling a story to friends in which this fun game played a role, but I just couldn’t pull out the phrase. It’s likely that you’ve had this happen to you as well; you know what you want to...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 10, 2018 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking, Words
Vetigel is a miracle product used on wounds with severe bleeding. It’s an algae-based polymer that’s injected directly into the wound. When it meets tissue, the gel forms a mesh-like material with an adhesive component that holds the wound together. Currently, it’s a...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 7, 2018 | Public speaking, Words
Transition can be defined as an in-between state. It’s a journey, a passage, from one stage to another. In architecture, a transition is a connecting space between two confined areas. For example, a foyer serves as a transition by connecting the entryway to a living...
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 | Mar 13, 2018 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking, Uncategorized, Words
The traditional symbol for heart is, of course, this: ♥ Even though the real human heart looks nothing like that. My guess is that this symbol, a stand-in for the word love, is the most easily recognized and most-used shape in America. We see bumper stickers that read...
