Typically at the beginning of each year I make an uber list of my goals for the year. These were always things within my control that I wanted to do within the next year. This year, I decided to do something else first. I decided to make a list of 100 dreams. Making a list … Continue reading Making a list of 100 dreams was harder than I thought
Category: Miscellany
I spent six years of my childhood living in a ski resort town. You probably haven't heard of it. It was a small town in Arizona that most people who aren't from the area don't know. If you know a ski resort in Arizona you are probably thinking of the other one. Kids who are born … Continue reading The terrifying and exhilarating feeling of skiing again after 30 years
The theme of my 2017 goals had been living in the real world. Unfortunately, each days news was a reminder that the real world of 2017 wasn't a great place to be. Luckily my goals were not the type of things to be impacted by politics, hurricanes, stories of sexual harassment or any of the … Continue reading How I did with my 2017 goals
Jay Keenan is my friend. He also recently turned 80. People who aren't also Friends of Jay™ sometimes think it's odd I have a friend who is more than 30 years older than me. They assume he is "a father figure." He is not. He is my friend. They may even think that there must … Continue reading Ode to my friend Jay for his 80th birthday
In case you missed the shameless self-promoting I did on Twitter and Facebook, I was interviewed for an episode of the Women Killing It! podcast. I talked about balancing my day job and my writing. I also talked about the challenges of working with men, and I shared some advice from a mentor (that long time readers may … Continue reading I was on the Women Killing It! podcast