Creativity is a Habit to Cultivate

Creativity is a Habit to Cultivate

Throughout my adult life, I’ve hobby-hopped. Do you share this seemingly flighty habit? Envision a series of stepping stones scattered across the rivers, creeks, and streams one must cross to get to the sane side of life when the insanities assail. The problems...
Thinking Before You Speak

Thinking Before You Speak

Most languages include “Uhm”, a pause filler that allows one to compose, alter, and stall speaking while in conversation with another. So don’t be so quick to count the use of this phrase to disparage the speaker. Toastmasters’ rules for speech...
From Baby to Babe into Middle Old Age

From Baby to Babe into Middle Old Age

The recent passage of Tina Turner prompted this post. She’d always seemed ageless and powerful, possessing a vibrance that few others on stage possessed. In fact, she sold more concert tickets than any other single female rock-and-roller until Beyonce! When Tina...
De-Clutter Your Brain

De-Clutter Your Brain

To write this blog post, I had to take a moment to empty my brain. The modern era of social media, morning and night news on nearly a dozen tv channels, radio, and podcasts ad nauseam has cluttered my head. It’s an infodemic, I swear! Technology has wired us to...
Re-fashioned Fairy Tales

Re-fashioned Fairy Tales

Ah, what a sweet tableau the photo above is. Despite the fact that we know that teddy bear toys can’t read, their charm is undeniable and so we oblige and suspend belief. Imagine the trio of bears is reading a book of fairy tales on a fine day in the forest....