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About Kate Crimmins

Retired Human Resources executive with two bossy cats ready to share insights, experiences and wisdom to make you laugh and think in new ways.

Done, done, done!

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The detour is gone! My morning trip is easy and quick again. After I did the snoopy dance to celebrate I thought about the past few months of using the detour. I did not get to be a more considerate … Continue reading

You’re driving me crazy!

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I am not responsible for anything that stands between me and my first morning coffee! Remember that post I wrote about the detour I have to take for my Starbucks each morning? (What! You didn’t read it! That’s downright sacrilegious! … Continue reading

Contrasts and comparisons

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There is nothing more dramatic than opposites — young and old, weak and strong, daring and uncaring. The list goes on and on. Lately this has all been hitting home. With the visit of the 7-year-old granddaughters last week I … Continue reading

They came, they saw, they conquered

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On my kitchen island sits two sad smurfs. That’s all that’s left of the granddaughters. They left this morning to go to the shore. That’s the beach to you out-of-towners. It was a great visit but very perplexing for me. I’m … Continue reading

Fighting off the grim reaper yet again

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So…how do you act when you get bad news? Ride with your emotions? Blubber all over the place? Try to keep a stiff upper lip? Not sure what to do? Yeah, me too. We got bad news last week. Someone … Continue reading

Early consciousness | For Animal Lovers

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What is the earliest memory you have? Were you five or six? Or much younger? Were they good memories or bad ones? Or a mix of different experiences? I don’t have a lot of memories prior to starting school. I … Continue reading