LoriAnn's Cafe

My backyard is my meditation sanctuary. Over the last few days, while getting my Zen on, I noticed a beautiful Impatiens plant that had push...

  On September 9, 1991, I walked into the lobby of Accenture to begin my very first day in HR, not realizing I was about to embark on the c...

How do you say goodbye to the first man you ever loved? The one who defined what it meant to be a father. The giant of your youth. The stren...

This is sixty. Yes, sixty. Mentally, I’m still trying to process the fact that I’ve officially entered, technically, the 7th decade of my l...

Last night, I received the heartbreaking news that a mentor and giant of my youth had passed, Dr. Wendell Calder. I first encountered Dr. C...

I've seen many posts encouraging women to share stories about women who inspire them. While I’ve had the great fortune to work alongside...

I recently took the plunge into the world of auto consumerism and got myself a new car. There’s something magical about that “new car smell”...