We recently had a baby shower for three people I work with. (Yes, three.) One of the activities at the party was to write advice for new parents on scraps of paper and put them in a jar to be read aloud. One of mine was "When you see or hear about other parents doing … Continue reading Things I thought I’d never do as a mother but ended up doing anyway
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Growing up I never thought it was unusual to be a "woman in tech." Sure, I was a girl who taught myself how to code by second grade, but I wrote that code on a computer that was largely used by my mother. I guess there weren't many women in my computer classes, but I … Continue reading My welcome to “women in tech” moment
This is a meaningless blog post. This is a thing I'm writing for the sake of writing a thing. You shouldn't even bother reading it. This is a meaningless blog post. It's not that I don't have anything more substantive to write about. I do. It's just that those things require more time, more thought, … Continue reading This is a meaningless blog post
I'm currently a part of the Women's Theatre Alliance of Chicago's New Play Development Workshop. We've had three meetings so far, and I'm already loving it. It has been years since I've been in a writer's group or done a writing workshop. I had forgotten how wonderful they are. Here are four reasons that I … Continue reading 4 reasons to love writing workshops
My family and I recently returned from a vacation to Disney World. Here are a few thoughts and observations I had while I was there. The line of teenage girls wanting to have their pictures taken with the hot guy selling balloons can get almost as long as the lines of children wanting to have … Continue reading Assorted observations from Disney World
Kim Z. Dale 