Live With Flair

This weekend, I learned so much about how to create a great learning environment. I didn’t limit this information to formal classroom settings; I decided

I decide to research my own name last night because I become fascinated by name trends in the United States by decade. I knew my

We live on a particularly leafy street. This particular tree sits right in our front yard, and I spy it through my Weeping Cherry every

This morning, nobody can access the Internet. Since everything, including our phones and television, depends upon this service, we find ourselves stuck with ancient things

I’ve had a major life course correction these past few weeks. Imagine the old me efficiently mastering the tasks of the day in a frenzied

Today, I’m passing on a wonderful blog post by Jay Lorenzen on “Reverse Mentoring.” He writes about “tapping into the wisdom of the young.” I

I think I’ve picked my last bowl of raspberries for the season. What a great harvest! I think about that lovely routine of gathering all

1. Coming home to the smell of something cooking in the crockpot.2. Writing. Writing anything at all. Writing right this very moment.3. Finding a new

I’m learning how to better communicate with my family and friends. Most recently, I learned how often I like to rescue and react when someone

Today I recall what’s missing from our family life these days: spontaneity. This blog began, after all, as that spontaneous decision to dance in my