Years ago when there were secretaries in offices, one of their main responsibilities was to take dictation. They would use short hand to “take” a letter or a memo or anything else. There were terms that were used in this process, for instance, “period, paragraph”. That told the secretary that the sentence was complete and … [Read more…]
Never in my life did I ever want to be a teacher. I don’t think I ever played “classroom” when I was little. I wanted to be a nurse. I think I liked that they wore that cute little cap. Every year for Christmas or my birthday I got a nurse’s kit. I never got … [Read more…]
Some observations of my life … There are so many times that I want to say “Dear Lord, put your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth”. I say this because I do not know when to shut up. You see, I’m funny. No, I am hilarious. If I was a stand … [Read more…]
This morning I made up my mind to take a walk. I should do that all the time but I think it’s a habit and I’m not great at it. Anyway, I was going to walk the fields and take the dogs but they were in the barn and so was the bull. So I … [Read more…]
I was sitting in Mass this morning and I wondered what would happen after I died. I wanted to know if when I came to the end of my life that someone would say about me that I was a good Catholic Christian. I hope that is the case. I was born Catholic. My mother … [Read more…]