A Parenting Moment: Remind Them They Can Ask for Help
I had a parenting breakthrough that my daughter gave permission to share. And it’s so simple. You won’t believe it! (She actually said, “Mom, I
October 3, 2016
Live With Flair
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To Do Something Great
John Maxwell tells a story about Abraham Lincoln that I heard for the first time this weekend while walking the Gettysburg battlefield. Maxwell recounts this tale
October 2, 2016
October 1, 2016
September 30, 2016
Forgetting What’s Stored
I’ve been placing batch after batch of roasted tomatoes into my deep freezer that sits like a sleeping white polar bear in the back of my
September 29, 2016
Your Roadblock
Today I remind a student writing about life’s roadblocks that “the impeded stream is the one that sings.” Wendell Berry wrote this in his poem
September 28, 2016
“Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.” Walker Percy
I wake up and scroll through my phone to learn about a Wendell Berry quote I had forgotten. At the end of his poem, “Manifesto:
September 27, 2016
Warm, Baking Things
Last night at our gathering of grad students, one friend arrived with a bowl of homemade cookie dough. He turned on the oven, we got
September 26, 2016
Late Afternoon Sunlight and The Weary Heart
I often leave in the afternoon for a quick walk around the block. I love late afternoon sunlight. Seeing how that finger of light stretches
September 25, 2016
September 24, 2016