Flying In Heavy Wind

August 6 – 7, 2017 It seems many authors are facing the challenges of a changing reader landscape. As a writer, I pen many ideas and thoughts because I hope to remember […]

The Wedding Toast

June 11-12, 2017 A very close friend of mine recently gave a toast at a wedding. She asked me if I would post the toast in its complete form since she gave […]

The Right Stuff

April 16-17, 2017 I’ve been thinking a lot this week about what it means to have “the right stuff”.  Like every career there are certain pinnacles that, if you achieve […]

Birds And Turtles, Pugs And Poodles

April 9-10, 2017 The best reason to have a white board isn’t the space to plot (with color) arcs for every character or the visualization of a calculation that connects application and theory, but the little messages from […]

Pole Dancing To Ballet---My Kind of Day

April 2-3, 2017 Pole dancer to ballerina—what it takes to be both. There is a core strength in dance that stretches across the spectrum from individual choreographed routines to structured pirouettes […]