Moments with Melody

“Yeah, but…” “Maybe, but…” “Chicken butts…” But guess what? I don’t really want to talk about chicken butts. I want to share a different thought revolving around the word “but.” It’s a word we all use frequently. Many of us don’t even think about it when we use this word. How many times do you ask your children, your co-workers, your friends, to do something and the word “but” pops up? Perhaps I notice this word more than others do based on years of writing and it always

So… Cleanliness is next to Godliness, they say, but let me be the Devil’s advocate for a moment. Please bear with me down the winding path. One of the factors leading to my “cool grandma” status, is allowing the grandchildren to get dirty, do messy stuff, and use my tools. There are days you would be horrified to see the mess left in the wake of grandkid projects, but they are so happy when they’ve successfully created something. Small and large. My oldest grandson built an i

I may have mentioned in previous writings how much I enjoy surfing the internet and learning new things. Fun things, odd things, serious things, useful things, and dumb things. Everything. There is always something that catches my interest as I explore. That leads me to start my thoughts off today with “complacency.” I understand that there is an absolute comfort in our routines, to sticking to what we know, to avoiding change. However, the world just doesn’t work like that,

It’s something we’ve all been taught since we were small – don’t talk to strangers… However, there are strangers, and then there are strangers, and then there are strangers. Yeah, I know, but the world keeps changing so the rule needs to change with it to keep us safe. Here’s how I see it. First, there are strangers. These are just people we don’t know. We stand next to them in the cashier’s line at the grocery store, we stand next to them at the gas pump, we stand next to th

A few years ago, the “talk” on the internet was whether people were “tech savvy” or “tech dependent.” I think that discussion is still pertinent now, maybe even more so than in the past. Where do you think you stand? What’s the difference? Tech savvy means you understand your tools well enough to use the right one, use it efficiently, troubleshoot basic issues, and have “intentional control” over what you are doing. Tech dependent means exactly that. You can use a program, b