Favorite Teachers

Teachers are the mortar of society. A good teacher helps to bind knowledge within us. Excellent teachers allow us to ask “why?” and then allow us to think through to our own conclusion(s). When we veer off the path a good teacher will guide us back and orientate us in the right direction.

First Days

Tear streaked faces with runny noses along with convulsive crying are a constant on the first day of school for many parents of five year olds. Parents don’t fear it will be okay, I know you’re nervous. Oh you thought I was talking about the children…well they too have their moments. However most often it […]

Pressures of Perfection

What doesn’t kill you…makes you not dead. Oh you thought I was going to say what doesn’t kill you…makes you stronger. Well sometimes that is not the case. There are situations that people make it through and wish they were dead. My life has not been perfect but I’ve overcome various obstacles in my path. […]

Finding and Staying with the One

Married over 20 years and together for over 30 years. There have been ups and downs but a strong married bond. Read my favorite tips here.

Chocolate Diversity

~~~ While attending the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), I learned that my race didn’t dictate my grades. Hard work along with good professors (shout out to Professor Ein, now a Dept. Head) helped determine this fact. I earned a solid ‘A’ in one of the toughest mathematics courses at UIC, differential equations. Diffy […]

Hair: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

~~~ People with bone straight hair want wavy or curly hair. People with curly or wavy hair want bone straight hair. Recently, I cut off my dreadlocs. There are other known ways to remove dreads or locs as sometimes called but I decided to cut mine. I let them grow out a little allowing for […]

Beauty

~~~ Have you ever seen a person, place, or thing that took your breath away? There is much truth in the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Numerous industries survive on this basic principle; from cosmetics, to fashion, to automobiles to most visually based merchandise we have our own opinion of what […]

My Two Favorite Places…To Hide

~~~ We all have places that we go to get away from daily realities. There are bars, boutiques, bookstores, or a number of other places where we seek shelter. In addition there is the pen and journal where we pour out our anguish or frustration about work and life in general. I enjoy sipping on […]

PaisleyPerspective…Changes

~~~ We as humans are responsible for our own existence. If in your right mind and an adult you are obligated to be present in your life. Each day that you awake with your faculties in tack you should seize all opportunity to be great. Choosing to live life without excuses will lead to endless […]

Best Rock Photos…Put Together By Her

~~~ Recently, my husband and I attended the opening for the exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll: Photographic History 1955 – Present” at the Columbia Museum of Art. After seeing peaks and hints of some of the photographs in the exhibit, all week I was like a kid going to DisneyWorld. I am very happy […]