I had an interview in Geneva recently. I felt it went well with the hiring manager but am skeptical about how it went with the HR person. She asked me those questions that nobody likes to answer, and I wasn’t prepared for them. One of them was: “What one word would you use to describe …
On Being Me
Advice to a younger self
Hi there readers! I haven’t been blogging very much. I guess I have just been busy. Busy with the J-man. Busy with being pregnant…well, that seems like a lame excuse—doesn’t it? However, if I weren’t pregnant, I wouldn’t be tired. If I weren’t tired, I would have all kinds of energy and I wouldn’t have …
Happy Father’s Day to My Dad
Here is something I published for my Dad in 2008. I think it is still relevant and I shall cheat a bit and post it again. Happy Father’s Day Dad. See you next week!! XO J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s a little late in coming today, I know. AND I have absolutely no excuse. None what-so-ever (that …
25 random things about me
From the meme thing going on in Facebook. Once you have been tagged, write a note with 25 random things about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. Tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you it’s because I want to know more about you. (To do this, go to “Notes” …
If you were a piece of winery equipment, what would you be…
Charlie told me about an interview he once had. He’d been asked this question: If you were a piece of winery equipment, what would you be? He answered that he would be a pumpover device. I had to ask what a pumpover device was. Apparently, it’s the piece of equipment that pumps the wine over …
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I Look Better Quiet
I convinced Humberto to drive with me to LA last weekend. My sibling, Redd, was flying in from Fiji with their friend for a brief stop in the US before they continued to Santiago, Chile. They are going to spend a month or so backpacking in South America before they return to Canada for Christmas. …
On Being Chardonnay…
My friend and neighbour Paul Brasset has been a winemaker in Sonoma County for over thirty years. Over those thirty years, he has won the Sonoma County Sweepstakes award for his Chardonnay (more than once). He has recently started selling wines from his own cellars, but has started with only Syrah and Zinfandel. I asked …
Choose living. Choose being alive. Choose life.
In no particular order and being a work-in-progress…..one of my first blog entries EVER. Originally published 26 April 2005. Choose life. Choose a lifestyle. Choose your friends. Choose family. Choose your future, your career, your adventures. Choose how you spend your days. Choose spending your nights in a different place for six months. Choose the …