More Questions Than Answers
I recently finished the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I had seen it in a bookshop in Moab and then found it at my local library when I got home. It’s a quick read. I started it...
Milestones
Okay, one last post for tonight before I call it quits. Last week, I wrote my 100th blog post. One hundred inklings, ideas, inspirations explored and documented in black and white. It's been a quick road to get here, because...
Finding the Easy Way Out
This morning, I biked for the first time this year with a friend. We like to go on long bike rides on Sunday mornings, while the church goers are still at church and the college kids are still sleeping in...
Beyond the Paved Road
I recently returned from a trip to Moab, Utah with my husband and kids. We hiked at Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park, both a short drive from Moab. If you’ve never been in this part of the country...
Believing Eyes
I received this comment from Richard Smith on the featured article about my first mentor, Mrs. Miller: “I recall my first mentor, a grade school basketball coach, Larry Kelly. I was in the sixth grade and was walking down the...
What It Means to Be An Entrepreneur
I read this on Seth Godin's blog about what it means to be an entrepreneur: "Most companies are not appropriate sites for VC money. That's because they're freelance ventures, not entrepreneurial ones. A freelance venture is one where you work...
Awestruck
Today, I posted a new featured article on my website, about my first mentor, who I met when I was ten years old. I didn't realize the impact that Mrs. Miller had on me until I started writing the article,...
Renegades
I talked with a friend who relayed her experiences in job hunting last year. She had several unpleasant encounters before “the door was slammed in her face”—interviewers profiling her psyche and wondering if she had ADD, expecting quotes from a...