Listening is a critical skill, that I am probably less skilled at than most. In my defense, I grew up with a family with a different listening strategy.
Category: Life Lessons
Living life in love and joy – Celebrating Potential
To some it may seem like setting the bar pretty low, motivated perhaps by several consecutive trying years.
My Secret Life as a Hawk
I had to tell myself quite sternly to leave the sky, and get back into my own body in the car and get to work.
How to Handle A Restaurant Maelstrom – Get the Crayons!
The difference between blacklisting a restaurant and endorsing it, is less about how perfect the dinner goes than it is about the reaction of the staff when all goes wrong, as long as the food is good.
Goat Yoga in the Year of Trying New Things
Goat Yoga is NOT a spectator sport where goats demonstrate yoga positions for the enjoyment and youtube videos of all.
Old Stories for a New Year
Long before I became so obsessed with photography, before I had a digital camera, I used to write. I told my stories in letters rather than pixels
“What Would You Do?” is John Quiñones’ Show making us too cynical?
"Sometimes doing the right thing doesn't make everyone happy, just the person who needs it most."
ARE HEROES JUST PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF DOING THE BEST THEY CAN?
I binge on hero stories to remind myself not all people, not even most people, are miserable pieces of crap.
Nailed It – Fingernails and Style
My sister always said as she passed her soda can to me: "My nails are jewels not tools."