by Susan Gates | Feb 15, 2023
I had the distinct pleasure of dining at a premier eating facility last week: My 7-year old granddaughter’s elementary school cafeteria. I admit to feeling immediately anxious when it was suggested that I should spend 25 minutes in a lunch room with Sally and 55...
by Susan Gates | Feb 4, 2023
Was King Solomon thinking about closing a business when he wrote: There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,a time to kill and a...
by Susan Gates | Jan 31, 2023
That Saturday in late January it was still open season. Per day that meant 6 ducks, no more than: 2 mallards (only one can be a hen)3 woodducks2 canvasback1 pintail2 redheads1 scaup1 fulvous tree duck1 mottled duck4 sea ducks (no more than 3 scooters)3 longtailed...
by Susan Gates | Nov 25, 2022
Adapted from a talk given on November 17, 2022 to the women of Christ Church Vienna. Let’s start with the proper Advent greeting: “Happy new year!” Wait what, you’re saying! I haven’t even bought a turkey – not to mention Christmas gifts – and you’re talking about New...
by Susan Gates | Nov 1, 2022
Do you remember playing Whisper Down the Lane as a kid? I do. We all thought it was hilarious how a message communicated at one end of the circle could end up so garbled at the other. As adults, we know this isn’t just a game. Communications can be one of the...
