June Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Power of… —

Pulling a Dream Out of My Pocket and Running With It — In August of this year, almost 45 years after starting my first library job, I will no longer be a librarian. It’s unnerving to leave the profession that has formed the core of my identity for so long. And, no, I’m not retiring. I’m becoming…Professor of Business and Organizational Leadership. …

Life, travel, reading…a bit of blarney — Hello, friends. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been here posting my “weekly” update. I doubt anyone noticed much, but I felt the need to write scratch insistently at the back of my brain while I took a much-needed break. This “column” has become, in my mind, an old-school…

April Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Life” — Even embedded in history, daily life goes on. The ruins of Greyfriars Church, located in Waterford’s Viking Triangle, stand in stark contrast to the modern Irish City that surrounds them. Also known as French Church, the Franciscan friary was one of the first monasteries in Ireland, built in 1241 for the Anglo-Norman Knight Sir Hugh Purcell. If I’d…

Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome — Do you have this problem? Flylady calls it “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome” or CHAOS. I am very publicly a Messy who talks a lot about my untidy home being a matter of priorities and offering ideas for easy housekeeping. We want our home to be fairly hygienic, but we…

Long may they wave — I wish my husband knew my breasts when they were perfect. Really, it’s my only mammary regret, and the only downside to finding my lifemate in my late 30s. They weren’t bad by then, but I’d lost and gained a bit of weight and they just weren’t as perky anymore…

Wandering around the Messy house — What I’ve been up to: Writing and speaking To Be the Best By Any Measure: Creating and Sustaining a High Performance Organization by Pat Maguire & Marie F. Jones (Torchlight, 2023) has gone to press, and should be available in an online bookstore near you this week. See mariefjones.com/to-be-the-best. My LinkedIn Newsletter Leadership by Any Measure gives an…

Messy Tips & Books to Read Tips: From Messy Desk Consulting Two new blog posts have gone up recently over at the Messy Desk Consulting website. If you are a Messy, be sure to check these out. I’m rather proud of the discovery that inspired this week’s photo. I procrastinated writing letters to book donors…

From Medium and beyond — Higher Ed is all aflutter about AI and what and how we will teach and evaluate learning when bots are a standard writing tool. It took years to encourage students to use grammar-checkers and citation-generators without calling it “cheating.” How do we teach the craft of writing? …