First, as this post falls on Valentine's Day, I want to wish all the love birds out there a happy, romantic day and an even better evening. Cherish the one you love and treat her the way she deserves to be treated, the way you want to be treated. A little compassion, some respect, and … Continue reading To Fight or Not to Fight
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Farewell to Fatboy
I toasted and cheered when January came to an end. It was a terrible month for me (as I’ve been bitching about in blogs and on Facebook). But I wasn’t too cheery because this past weekend, I lost my cat Fatboy. He, as the expression goes, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. It’s a devastating decision to … Continue reading Farewell to Fatboy
The Tiger Behind the Tree
All my life, I have fought my gut. What I mean is, I’ve gone against my instincts. Just like a gazelle can sense a tiger nearby (let’s just assume that they co-exist in the same habitat), we all have an innate sense of danger, that thing inside of us that tells us that bad things … Continue reading The Tiger Behind the Tree
The Universe Works In Mysterious Ways
The past few weeks, I’ve been griping and whining about how horrible my job has been and how I’ve been finding it difficult to keep a positive attitude (which I promised myself I would do in 2014). Circumstances have gotten me very down, and at times, I have felt like I’m in a hopeless situation. … Continue reading The Universe Works In Mysterious Ways
Time to Evict
I've been saying at various times (like in this blog at Ylva Publishing) that I was going to go into 2014 with a positive attitude and try to handle obstacles with calm and courage and not let anything get to me. I’m off to a bad start. The first couple of weeks of January have … Continue reading Time to Evict
Shutting the Voices
I don’t know if you’re familiar with Dianne Jacob, but she is a well-known food writer. Her book, Will Write for Food, has won awards and she has a blog with the same name. I’m sure that few of you (if any) who read this blog are food writers, but I bring her up because … Continue reading Shutting the Voices
My Alter Ego
Today, I wore a lucky jade bracelet that my friend gave me. It’s lucky because jade is considered good luck in Chinese culture, and the string is red, a lucky color for Chinese (my friend is Chinese, if you haven’t figured that out). There’s a reason I’m saying this. Bear with me. Last night, we … Continue reading My Alter Ego
Last But Not Least
This is my last blog before the New Year and I’m still reeling from the fact that another year is over. How can this be? It’s scary how time speeds up as you get older. It kind of scares me because there’s still so much that I want to do, and since I’m not 25 … Continue reading Last But Not Least
Still On the Journey
The other day, I ran across a quote from Thomas Edison that really struck a chord with me. He said: “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." This is the attitude that kept him at his work and gave us the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture … Continue reading Still On the Journey
A Moment of Time
I truly cannot believe that Christmas is a week and a half away. As usual, I’m completely unprepared. During the past few weeks, I’ve thought about the upcoming holidays, what I'm going to get for people, what foods I'm going to prepare… Yet, as it does every year, it snuck up on me. I put … Continue reading A Moment of Time
R.G. Emanuelle 