Month: July 2019

c We all have methods to organize ourselves for the day. Me? I am a list maker. I get great pleasure in making lists, and taking my flair felt pen and crossing them off one by one. Sometimes I even add something I did just to cross it off. It can be helpful but also…

Those who know we well know that although I love gardens, I am horrible at maintaining them. I have failed epically for literally decades, but I continue to try. The stories are legendary in my house. But I am determined, keep thinking that this is the spring/summer that I will pull this off. And my…

There is this amazing young man who posts daily on social media. His name is Nas. At 33 years old, he quit his job and traveled the world making one-minute videos and posted them on Facebook. Why? Because he realized life was short, and that we should make the most of it. He wanted to…

I have come to the conclusion that I have a love/hate relationship with social media. We live in a 24 hour a day news cycle, meaning we are bombarded with information, media, images, and videos at an alarming rate. News is no longer confined to an hour in the evening, but instead, we pick up…

I have been spending this week pouting. I will admit it. This summer is not what I planned. I had hoped for a trip to Europe, that got canceled for the second summer in a row because life happens. I hoped for a backup trip to Nashville. We had to cancel that. Our family has…

There are times when I realize that our digital world can connect us. Today is one of those times. I spent a wonderful hour or so with my National Writing Project peeps working through some issues on digital portfolios. I would not be able to do this work without minds greater than my own. I…