by Diana Diehl | Mar 31, 2015 | Journal, Real Life, Writing
My Tax Man said: “Get a day planner.” “But, but…Spreadsheets! And, and…the Cloud!” “Hard copy,” he replied with all the grim persuasion of an old school master. “Trackable, chronological hardcopy.” It seems...
by Diana Diehl | Dec 15, 2013 | Journal, Journal, Pondering, Real Life
Are you a somewhat chagrined owner of a small, or even a pocket dog? Do you continually tell people that you used to own big dogs? Are you embarrassed when your dog screeches like a dwarf banshee at the dog park when any big dog looks cross-eyed at him or when she...
by Diana Diehl | Sep 17, 2013 | Fashion, Real Life
I’ve always wanted a yellow, circa 1955 convertible, but that’s not the kind I mean. I’m talking about T-shirt conversions. I don’t really like to wear t-shirts–the necks bind, and they have no form–but I love t-shirt art....
by Diana Diehl | Aug 19, 2013 | Journal, Real Life
I am currently three days behind on my Gratitude Challenge. I was to have made public thanks for my food through verbal expression and pictures. I keep forgetting. The verdict is grim: I take food for granted. It’s not that I don’t love and enjoy food. As...
by Diana Diehl | Aug 16, 2013 | Journal, Real Life
Day 1 of Celestine Chua’s Gratitude Challenge. Already the heat is building, the assignments quickly escalating. What must I do today? #Gratitude Challenge Day 1: Write 10 Things You are Grateful For in Your Life That should be easy! The objects of my gratitude...
by Diana Diehl | Aug 16, 2013 | Journal, Journal, Real Life
My Day 0 assignment for Celestine Chua’s Gratitude Challengeis to start a journal. Does it belong here in my business blog? Perhaps not, since many of the things I might write here might not be suitable for public consumption. But I can mark it as private and...
by Diana Diehl | Mar 19, 2013 | Pondering, Real Life
This post is not about creativity, but about the fundamentals further back in the pyramid of life–sheer survival. I’ve got a bad case of skepticism today. What’s the inside scoop on tetracycline? It is “unavailable.” Doxycycline, an...
by Diana Diehl | Mar 1, 2013 | Events, Journal, Reading, Real Life
I love to read aloud. It satisfies a need for performance art, and I can wrap it in the glittering paper of altruism. Education is an honorable endeavor. Reading aloud was a wonderful activity I shared with my sons. At twenty-plus, I can’t glue their feet...
by Diana Diehl | Jan 30, 2013 | Pondering, Real Life
A Galactic Lament I’m hovering at the edge of a newly formed black hole. It’s located in the Milky Way Galaxy, somewhere in a spiral arm (don’t believe them when they tell you they exist only in the center), third planet out from Sol, North American continent,...
by Diana Diehl | Dec 12, 2012 | Real Life, Screenwriting, White Storm, The Movie
When Fate smiles, a hush falls over the room, and our inner caveman dares to venture outside the circle of firelight to gaze open-mouthed at her seductive ghost. For she speaks to us from the shadows in capital letters, no matter what name we call her: Serendipity,...
