2013 – A Year of Failing (Maybe Even Spectacularly)
This time of year, I look back as well as forwards. I even give myself a general, not-looking-at-the-details-too-closely kind of report card as well for the previous year. Didn’t Accidentally Set...
View ArticleThe Mountain Remains Still
It is 8:15 PM, my husband is out of town, three glasses of carnations are drinking colored water on the windowsill – part of a science fair project that needed observation and photographing fifteen...
View ArticleHow To Be Selfish
Step one: Find something you want to do, eat, read, try, sing, experience, avoid, write, touch, smell, grow, cut, photograph, make, keep, throw out, and/or enjoy. Step two: Do it. Step three: Stone...
View ArticleBeing the “Bad Guy”
Recently my oldest son and I watched a show on Netflix called Daredevil, and it lead to many weird and deep conversations. Most conversations involved – at least to some point – the fact that we were...
View ArticleEveryday Achievement Award Goes To…
It’s nearly the end of January and I can’t shake this idea: I’m going to give myself an Everyday Achievement Award. In past years I’ve given myself a report card, or focused on the misses. After all,...
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