by A. T. Baron | Mar 17, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Do you find yourself lazily gazing out a window when you should be hard at work? Do thoughts of sunny skies and cool breezes blow through your mind and take you to far away lands? If so, you’re daydreaming. You may have heard the quote, “Stop dreaming, start doing.”...
by A. T. Baron | Mar 10, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
The other day I watched my son fiddle away at the piano. I say fiddle because he wasn’t really practicing any music or performing for anyone. He was just playing whatever came to him. Sometimes it was something he made up and other times it was a song from the radio....
by A. T. Baron | Mar 3, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Have you ever been sitting in a quiet room and heard your stomach rumble? Although that gastric grumbling may have caught the attention of others, it is your body trying to get your attention. I find it amazing how our bodies communicate with us. Sore muscles complain...
by A. T. Baron | Feb 17, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I was recently updating my bio on LinkedIn when I stopped to review my Skills & Endorsements list. Mostly my friends and colleagues created this compilation of abilities, but I add a couple now and then when I feel I am proficient at a specific task. The skills...
by A. T. Baron | Feb 10, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
[themify_box style=”orange warning”]Warning! This article discusses mature concepts including sex and sexuality and may not be appropriate for all readers. Reader discretion advised.[/themify_box] Ah, amore. Valentine’s Day is coming up and love is...
by A. T. Baron | Feb 3, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
When I think of transmutation, I think about the Transfiguration class at Harry Potter’s school of Hogwarts. The idea of changing objects into something different fascinates me. Imagine being able to change lead into gold, water into wine, or brussel sprouts into...
by A. T. Baron | Jan 30, 2017 | General, Writing
Time has slipped by a little too quick. I actually started this post back in December, but so much has happened I now find myself barely getting it finished before January ends. At the end of each year, I review the steps my business took and plan for any changes....
by A. T. Baron | Jan 27, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Have you ever been in a conversation—or argument—with someone, and they have to have the last word? If you are anything like me, you probably get irritated. I have this problem with my teenage daughter every once in a while, and I have to remind her that it is...
by A. T. Baron | Jan 20, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Have you ever been awed by the actions of a school of fish and how they appear to move as one? Have you ever been mesmerized by a murmuration of starlings evading a predator? Humans perform this same schooling motion in large crowds when avoiding an object. In fact,...
by A. T. Baron | Jan 13, 2017 | Fortune Cookie Friday
What do you think about when someone says, “forbidden fruit”? Do you envision a ripe, red apple? The forbidden fruit is depicted as such in books and movies, but ironically, it doesn’t say what it is in the Bible. [themify_quote]but God did say, ‘You must not eat...
