Early this summer, my foot twisted on a bumpy edge of pavement, sending me sprawling. Goofily, I might add. This humiliating incident happened at our local farmers’ market, just moments after we’d stopped at a food truck. The last thing I saw before I hit the ground were multiple layers of my breakfast sandwich sailing […]
Success isn’t always about “greatness.” It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come. ~ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson We may not always turn to The Rock for advice – I don’t personally recommend following his habits regarding cod, for example – but he’s spot on with this take on consistency. It doesn’t […]
For someone who thrives on storytelling, I live in bountiful times. Traditional media – books, radio, and television – have fed me for most of my life. But in the last few years I find myself taking more and more bites from an ever-growing and overflowing buffet. Streaming TV and YouTube offer new ways to […]
“Don’t even say something like that! God forbid. Knock on wood.” How often have we all uttered similar phrases? Almost everyone harbors a niggling fear that by openly discussing the possibility of disaster they’ll somehow call it out of the Universe. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Preparing for crisis – particularly […]
Wouldn’t it be great if knowledge worked by osmosis? It would be so convenient if you could just absorb information by proximity and become an immediate expert. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way. Becoming knowledgeable enough about a topic to credibly write about it takes a lot of effort and research – but that’s […]
