Lindsey at the McCall Chamber recently texted asking if I would talk about Community Something at the spring breakfast. At first I had a little rush of Really, Me? then a little panic of OMG What Will I Say? followed by Oh, Yes, Of Course! All the exact expression of...
I want to confess how much I don’t know what I’m doing. Yeah, probably not a surprise to you. It became clear (again) after the last Thoreau event~ some of you were even there. The idea seemed pretty cool. I skimmed Walden, the Bhagavad Gita, and parts of the Vishnu...
I recently chucked a story. It was a powerful one too, one that limited me for years. Driving back to McCall in December, I landed in Grand Junction, gateway to red rock country. Hmm. Sunshine in the forecast and the nearby Colorado National Monument has trails...
Jayme was being both supportive and mischievous with this sabbatical farewell gift. “You’re doing research. You’ll need pens.” Maybe she knew I needed a big shove to lie down in Shavasana. Maybe she wanted to make me laugh~ So What? Maybe she just wanted to give...
I’m going to expose my recent creative process, because it was a complete mess and completely ordered. I last wrote about losing inspiration and motivation. Thankfully I had the structure of showing up to work every day. Since I didn’t feel like myself or have a clear...
I can plan and organize ’til the cows come home. Not that interesting of a superpower, and sometimes the cows decide to stay out. Thousands of people, right this very moment, have their orderly lives upended by these terrifying storms. This story is...
