A Stop-projecting Project

This post contains affiliate links. I just finished a fantastic audiobook, The Element by Ken Robinson, Ph.D., filled with discussions and ideas around education and the idea of finding your element—”the point at which natural talent meets personal passion”. The book...

The Good Life

As I’ve mentioned here previously, one of my favorite aspects of Facebook is scrolling through my memories because it always brings to mind so many fantastic moments that have come before. I love remembering who my girls were and seeing how that has both informed who...

Faltering Steps Count

I don’t know if you’ve followed the story of the eaglets out in Big Bear Valley in California (they have two live camera streams, one on the nest where the babies hatch & then grow into juveniles eaglets, and another wider view of the area that captures the...

I Do Declare

I think the first time I watched Gone with the Wind I was somewhere around the age of 10 and the reason I remember the movie is not because of the movie itself or even some of its famous and oft-quoted lines. I remember watching the movie on the couch in our family...

Curly Hair, Don’t Care

I remember the actual moment when my curly hair finally made sense to me, that ah-ha moment when drying my hair went from, are you kidding me in the exasperation sense, to the are you kidding me in the dang! my hair looks ah-mazing sense. I was on a business trip in...