ON THE BRIGHT SIDE by Kay Hafner (2000 Page)

2000
12/28/00	Mark the CALENDAR for 2001 A year of special occasions to mark on your calendar.
12/14/00	CHRISTMAS Treasures and Traditions A holiday story I wrote about keeping connected to the past.
11/30/00	One good deed deserves three, so go ahead and "PAY IT FORWARD" After reading a true story inspired by the recent movie Pay It Forward I have to ask myself, "What if?"
11/02/00 11/17/00	IRELAND, a land of wonder and mystery Part I Part II A glimpse at our eight-day trip to the Emerald Isle, written and emailed from Galway the day before we left (Ah, the wonders of modern technology!)
10/19/00	Car ownership: A HIGH-MAINTENANCE RELATIONSHIP The American love affair with the car continues, through trials and tribulations, from first car to last.
10/05/00	MISCELLANY: Bits and pieces of observations Recent thoughts and reflections on the one-year anniversary of this column.
09/21/00	Machines are perfect; WE JUST DO OUR BEST Perfection may be attained, but it's impossible to sustain. Save your sanity and aim for doing your best.
09/07/00	Notes from the COSMIC LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT "Finders keepers, losers weepers" is a good theory, but most of us lose as much as we gain.
08/24/00	WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS -- and umbrella sales go up Everyone complained about the rain this summer, but my lawn has never looked so good!
08/10/00	Never give up, never surrender, NEVER GO TO BED BEFORE BEDTIME I hope I'm not the only grown-up who still hates the word "bedtime."
07/27/00	Visiting with HOMETOWN FRIENDS in Hometown, U.S.A. Glens Falls, NY, was featured as Hometown, U.S.A. by LOOK Magazine in the 1940s. I grew up in the area and graduated from a nearby high school in 1982. Since I returned earlier in the 1990s, I've learned that "hometown" means more to most folks than they may think.
07/13/00	EVERYTHING OLD CAN BE NEW again, and again and again Garage sales and antique stores beckon with unexpected delights. I don't normally like to shop, but occasionally I find myself browsing and imagining--and even buying!
06/29/00	Beginning at the end means SAYING HELLO TO GOODBYE Life's transitions mean opening some doors and closing others.
06/08/00	CONFESSIONS OF A COFFEE CONVERT with a cola crush They say coffee is an acquired taste. It took a long time, but my taste buds finally figured it out.
05/25/00	Living a life that is AT ODDS WITH RANDOM CHANCE Lottery games are fun to play, as long as you don't think you can actually win.
05/11/00	Each person's CRYSTAL BALL SHOWS A DIFFERENT FUTURE Many people have "a vision" for the future of downtown Glens Falls, but not very many of them have workable plans for getting us from here to there.
04/27/00	A TALE OF TWO TREES: Now you see them, now you don't When it's time for trees to come down, there's nothing to do but watch them go.
04/13/00	DUST OFF YOUR OLD DREAMS, OR TRADE 'EM IN for new ones Don't let your dreams get old and dusty. They can't come true if they're hiding under your fears.
03/30/00	How to succeed as a STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL OF LIFE There are no easy As in Life. How well you do depends on luck and skill--and how much hard work you decide to put into it.
03/16/00	Being evenhanded: A SOUTHPAW REACHES OUT FROM LEFT FIELD Forget the superstitions and stories. Being a southpaw is no handy-cap.
03/02/00	BEING FORWARD IN CYBERSPACE: You've got mail, lots of mail Abuse of the "Forward" button is more than a nuisance: it's plain, old-fashioned rude.
02/17/00	How to cope when you're ONE PIECE SHORT OF A COMPLETE PUZZLE Triumph turned to frustration when I completed a complicated 550-piece puzzle with only 499 pieces accounted for!
02/03/00	TAMING THE PHOTO PILE: A tale of excess and procrastination Years go by and pictures pile up. Time to buy some photo albums and get everything in order.
01/20/00	LEAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT when sampling the smorgasbord of life Life is one big smorgasbord, but there's just not enough time in one life to sample it all.
01/06/00	WE'VE SAFELY ARRIVED IN THE FUTURE; No refunds or exchanges Y2K threatened to send us back a century but here we are, all in one piece and ready for the big 2-0-0-0!