The Texture of Flair
We are sensate creatures. We feel textures everyday: this firm keyboard, the spongy-soft of this office chair, the feel of a hard nail on my
April 27, 2010
Live With Flair
(my daily blog)
How to Gather in Your Life
I hate that feeling of being scattered. I’m beginning to think that if I’m not careful, I will always tend towards an out-of-control life. To
April 26, 2010
What Does This Spell?
My preschooler has a little etch-a-sketch with a pen that lets her write letters. We were driving down the street, and she wanted to play
April 25, 2010
50 Ways to Stay Out of Trouble
It’s a big weekend in my town. It’s a big party weekend. This means I avoid campus and expect a really low attendance in my
April 24, 2010
The Cutting Board Cure
Whenever I get my cutting board out with friends or family, good things always happen. I remember chopping garlic and fresh ginger with my boyfriend
April 23, 2010
Admiring the Raw
I’ve been practicing a new flair attitude. I want to admire people. Admiring somebody seems gushy and cheesy; we think about valentines or romantic movies.
April 22, 2010
Crying (with flair) in Front of My Students
Every once in a while, students make me cry. I didn’t make a fool of myself or anything. But I did cry. It’s all because
April 21, 2010
The Double Dutch Challenge
I learned Double Dutch with the neighborhood children. I did it. Seriously, I did. It was a community effort. One mom bought the jump ropes
April 20, 2010
How to Savor (and Lose Weight) with Flair
Living with flair means to savor. You take the smallest thing (a punctuation mark, a turtle, a hand in the wind), and like some judge
April 19, 2010
5 Ways to Write with Flair
If I’m going to live with flair, I have to think about communicating with flair. Most of us will have thousands of occasions for writing
April 18, 2010