Seventeen Years Old

A couple of months ago, my older son, Casey, turned seventeen. SE-VEN-TEEEN! In the last couple of years, he’s gone from boy to young man. I knew it  when: Everything in the boys’ section of Target was too small. Photo by Patrick Hoesly He fit into castoffs from my husband’s wardrobe. I asked him if…

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Video of recent event w/Dan Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind along with blog post here: http://bit.ly/9XuY9r

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Why I Love Being a Boundary Crosser

In my recent interview with Dan Pink for the Northwestern Club of Colorado, we covered a number of topics: from why persistence trumps talent (to which I chimed in that persistence/commitment also trumps passion), to why an education guru under the older Bush administration reversed her stand on ways to improve schools, to what Dan…

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Falling In Love….With Improv

Ever since I took two theatre improv workshops a few weeks ago, I've had this fascination and excitement inside. It's a bit like falling in love.  Things seem new again. My creative juices look for the "Yes, and…" (instead of "Yes, but") in daily life.  I seek out opportunities to bring more improv into whatever…

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