The Breath of Change

Image by Air Force One via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim Happy Friday! Well, if you’re a returning friend (because here there are no visitors), you may have noticed a few changes here in the cafe. The new custom theme is courtesy of the brilliant Men With Pens. Any bugs, or errors are courtesy [...]

3 Tips to Avoid the Money Trap

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim “As she rounded the second flight of stairs, she caught sight of something on the step. Folded green paper. She paused, leaned over. Twenty dollars. As her fingers brushed the bill, a current of air swirled behind her. The man looked down at her body, sprawled awkwardly [...]

The Deal is in the Details

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim As children our parents taught us to do the little things like saying please, thank you or covering our mouth when coughing. In the big scheme of things these expressions of etiquette were not going to save the world but they sure would make it a nicer [...]

Life is Like A Moon Bounce

Written by Karen D. Swim Yesterday, my family gave a surprise party to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday.  The first thing I saw when I arrived on the street was the top of the moon bounce peeking over the top of my sister’s house.  (A moon bounce is kind of like an enclosed trampoline, except [...]

How Will You Measure this Month?

Image via Wikipedia Written by Karen D. Swim “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you measure – measure a year? In daylights – in sunsets In midnights – in cups of coffee In inches – in miles In [...]