Care Taking

We all need a champion!

2011-01-23T11:32:34-07:00By |Challenge|

I had a young man working in my organization not so long ago. A tall, good looking, sweet and capable young man. He was caught drinking Carl House alcohol on the job. I had to let him go. In letting him go, I offered that I would not abandon him, but rather walk alongside him [...]

Bob Banta births BB….Awwww Dad!

2010-11-22T19:50:58-07:00By |LIfe|

I hadn't put it together until just this evening, but my father, Bob Banta, (who dubbed me Barbara Suzanne Banta) was a BB as well. Happy Birthday to my father, Bob Banta. He died some time ago and honestly, I feel a greater bond with him since his death than perhaps when he was of [...]

Play, play….time to play!

2010-11-07T18:01:20-07:00By |Play|

For a woman who works the hours I do...certainly of late, I am reminded this early Sunday evening the necessity for play...with people we love, who 'get' parts of who we are. My friend Janice is one of those friends who makes me feel prettier, smarter, FUNNIER, more generous, inventive and generally a [...]

Breaking the Shell

2010-10-10T09:14:37-07:00By |Creativity|

Ever feel as though you're incubating.....under the warmer like a chick in an egg, waiting for the right time to hatch? I appreciate what Mr. Scptt-Maxwell has to say.     "You have neat, tight expectations of what life ought to give you, but you won't get it. That isn't what life does. Life does [...]

And then we die…

2010-08-07T08:46:15-07:00By |Gratitude|

I've been thinking a good bit about death lately. Of course we're all GOING to die....I don't know anyone who ultimately won't or hasn't. Certainly there are folks who work ardently in defying it....working to look young, stay healthy....all that. Well, I certainly have a measure of vanity and would prefer being a good looking [...]