Category: What I Learned This Week

Monday, March 2 - Sunday, March 8   The Week in Snapping Out of It: I am 7 days out from leaving a job I didn't anticipate I'd have to leave and realizing I've stepped away from the dark side and demons. Out from under that pressure, here in the light, I have been very… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #143

Monday, February 17 - Sunday, February 23 and Monday, February 24 - Sunday, March 1 It's a two-fer. There's a bit later in this post about quitting my job.  For me, the two week's notice felt like everything I did happened in one, long, exhausting week and that's how I've represented it here. First...the Food… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #142

Monday, February 10 - Sunday, February 17 The Week in Broadway: Les Misérables pulled in to Cincinnati as part of the Broadway across America series, reminding me of what I love and don't love about Broadway Across America. I love that professional, live theater with live musicians is available. I don't love that traveling shows… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #141

Monday, January 27  - Sunday, February 2 The Week in What the Week Was: This week was a terrific mixture of ups and downs. I met up with friends, ate good food, ended Dry January, saw a couple movies and ended up learning about the unexpected death of the father of a close friend. A… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #139

  This Week in the Bottom Shelf: One of my favorite ways to discover books is just to walk the aisles of the library. I get lost in book-ish reverie picking up books, judging them (probably too) harshly and putting them right back until I've chosen a small pile to take home and spend some… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #138

Monday, January 13 - Sunday, January 19 The Week in Dry January, Volume 1: Happy hour was a little more fruity and a lot less bourbon-y at Igby's. The Week in Dry January, Volume 2: Brunch is the easiest meal to cut out alcohol. At Che, I got a spicy (and maybe too chunky) Virgin… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #137

Monday, January, 6 - Sunday, January 12   The Week In Emotions and Words: Poetry exists and thrives. People are writing it and shoving it in desk drawers, and burying it on disc drives all over the world. Search poetry magazines and such on-line and there are thousands of outlets. And even in a mid-sized… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #136