Happy Valentine's Day

Wanted: MORE BUMS

As I strive for self actualization

Demanding more of my mind, spirit and body each day

Determined to succeed, to claim yesterday’s distant horizon

As today’s dawn

It occurs to me that I might have it all wrong

What if these images of status and position

That haunt my mind each evening are self contrived

And the resistance that pushes me backward

Each hard fought day is prophetic

What if my truth is that

This world simply needs another bum?

On Having Lunch at Panera - A Poem

On Having Lunch at Panera

The din resonates

Countless voices frantically

Proclaim facades and personas

Below the cascade

Simplistic souls stand

Wall flowers alone and longing

Within, a voice asks

Shall we dance?

Sometimes You Wonder Why You Did...

The year was 1993 and the Women's group at the church wanted to have a fund raiser. The theme was the 1960s and they needed an Elvis... Need I say anymore?

Why Social Media is Different

"Traditional marketing focuses on what brands attempt to portray to consumers. Social media allows consumers to tell brands about themselves, while simultaneously increasing brand awareness by promoting interaction and a sense of community."


-Mary Rodgers, director of marketing communications, Cuisinart and Waring, at the 2010 Shopper Insights in Action Conference


Note: Thanks to Connie Chesner for sharing this with me. Visit her here.

In Between - A Poem About Transiency

In Between

dusk and flickering candles. 

sensations of 

in between

gentle caresses of the last scent of yesterday's cookies, baked and eaten. 

in between

a leaf falling upward, riding on the breeze of summer's heat

in between

silent breath

 your voice pausing between words

measured with care

in between

the end and the beginning

the alpha and the omega

the dream and the reality

we live here for no more than a moment

in between

Kim's Korner on Ice

I'm literally going to be "On Ice" tonight. Because my employer is the digital media partner for the US Figure Skating Championships, I've been asked to present the award for the Novice Ladies.

Pray I don't slip...

UPDATE: Photographic evidence I was there! What fun. Those are some amazing young ladies. Fill with zest and devotion to their sport. I'm proud to be a part of this.