I just listened to our President’s entire speech rather than listen to what others were saying about it… and I also watched our Vice President’s speech. My favorite lines of hers were at Mark 2 minutes: “On January 6 we all saw what our nation would look like if the…

Here are my 8 cents worth from your favorite #positivelyopinionated person. The bad news is, there was an unbelievable but understandable horrific ugly very public show of the worst America has to offer…a group of non-democratic misled, incited by what I have heard called a “sore loser” who defamed and…

What a breath of fresh air…and I mean hope-filled fresh better angel air. I’ve never been more proud to be an American now that the record 73 million of us voted and reclaimed the soul and heart of America. Here are the highlights of the speeches for me, VP Kamala…

Born in Canada, and becoming an American right after 9/11, I take my citizenship very seriously. And we all know this year more than ever before, we HAVE to Vote! And we try not to talk about it because it is true, you can ruin a perfectly good friendship or…

If you feel like you are on a hamster wheel and super exhausted from having to work and home school and avoid the question “when is this going to end”, but afraid to jump off because it’s an uncharted dangerous neighborhood out there, I am with you! I am calling…

I remember the good old days when we were able to agree to disagree, when we knew not to talk about religion and politics that would just lead to a maelstrom of bad feelings because you knew that you can’t change someones’ strong BS (Belief System), no matter how many…

BS #1: Masks give you carbon monoxide poisoning. Yes, that’s why dentists, surgeons, and painters have been dying by the truckloads- because they use them every day. BS#2: We didn’t make a big deal out of all the flu deaths last year, and the numbers were higher. Because this is…

…and other Animal Idioms to laugh at so we can get the “monkey off our back” during Covid season Well my 90-year young dad and I are up to “no good/all good” again, with another take at idioms and colloquialisms that we have been collecting over the last year and never had time to publish until Covid-19 hit. We decided that it would be a good way to “Pass…

I was part of the original Valuing Diversity team back in the mid 1990's and worked with Fortune 500 companies trying to reduce the number of sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits that were popping up like expensive pop-tarts. We designed training programs, worked with executives, directors and managers to try…