All Entries in the "Susan Sawyers" Category
PushMe PullYou - Susan Sawyers
The round freckled-faced schoolboy and I managed to uphold our promise to wander from west side to east at least once a week; every week school was in session. Hot or cold, rain or snow, we did it. Today concludes those 5th grade meanderings because by end of day tomorrow, he will move up to [...]
Do Good on Your Day Off - Susan Sawyers
If you’ve ever wanted to do some public service but couldn’t fit it in with an already overloaded schedule of work, play and/or family obligations, our savvy President-elect is online to help.
The Presidential Inaugural committee “launched a national organizing effort on the eve of the Inauguration to engage Americans in service.” Their website (USAservice.org) gives [...]
Women on the Web; Good News and Bad
The Good News:I WANT MEDIAs leading “media people of the year” are women. They are Arianna Huffington followed by Tina Fey and Rachel Maddow. The remaining seven leaders are men. http://www.iwantmedia.com/personoftheyear/08.html
The Bad News: Take a look at leweb’s lineup of speakers and sponsors. The ratio is about 6 men for every woman speaker.
Fly Away — Susan Sawyers
Emotion is one of the things I neglected to schedule the week the 14 year-old headed north to sleep away camp. After a series of attempts to manipulate the family schedule in order to accompany her to the camp bus meeting sight, we opted to send her to Toronto as an unaccompanied minor, or UM [...]
Rocky Mountain Hi — Susan Sawyers
Among the holy hoi-polloi from Tibet who visited Aspen, Colo. for a three day “Celebration of Tibetan Culture,” Friday’s breakout session led by Sogyal Rinpoche touched my inner-being.
Do the best you can - Susan Sawyers
With just days to go before the school year comes to an end and all of the celebrations, birthdays, ceremonies, not to mention day-to-day routines, I need to remind myself of the quality time we have together. It’s not quantity. The right thing is to love my boy all up. It’s the best I can do.