Changing the World

Today I’m feeling a wee sentimental and simply want to say that as we close in on the end of the summer and the end of the month, I find it amazing that I’ve been doing this blog for almost eight months. As much as these words are intended to highlight my remarkable...

Endless Possibilities

If you create anything at all, you likely will understand the sense of risk and vulnerability woven into the act of creating. Whether you are trying a new recipe or writing new words or exploring a new medium for your art or even a new brush for your paintings. No...

Those Things They Do…and Love

Back in 1996 Tom Hanks made his film writing and directorial debut with the film, That Thing You Do, which follows the fictional 1964 rock band, The Wonders, and their rollercoaster ride of stardom and its pitfalls both professionally and personally. As they attempt...

Trial + Error = Growth

When our girls were younger and Halloween rolled around each year, we would do the things a lot of folks do, finding costume ideas and preparing for trick or treating, usually Halloween Strolls planned in one of the many small towns in our Western North Carolina area....

A Stray Cat Strut

When I was a teenager, a rockabilly group, The Stray Cats, started growing in popularity and a few of their songs made it on my list of favorites at the time, which was sometime in the early 1980s. Those songs included Rock This Town, The Stray Cat Strut, and (She’s)...