The 10 Beliefs That Drive a Passionately Authentic Life
Steve Jobs led an inspirational life full of passion and creative brilliance. I won't lie. I am a huge admirer. His vision and core values were a light in a world bedeviled by speed, noise, and change. His flaws and [...]
Taking Risks
A risk-free world is a very dull world, one from which we are apt to learn little of consequence. -Geerat Vermeij Photo by Ian Froome on Unsplash
The Art of Creating Love
When I am in flow, I cannot hear my ego. Each breath in flow is one in love.
Hope Declared Dead
Hope was declared dead today or so the headlines read, and I read those headlines in spite of myself for if hope was dead, why read further for reading further would infer hope was alive, and if hope was alive, [...]
A Sign of Books
Bars need neon, clothing stores need novelty, restaurants need food...books only need a time worn sign. Photo by César Viteri on Unsplash
Rabbit Hole Down
I love a good rabbit hole which means I love a good walkabout through and around a good open-ended question. It always comes back to the fantastical den of Alice in Wonderland's rabbit hole and the peculiar round of logic [...]
When Pie is More Than Pie
I miss my Grandmother. I miss her soft voice, her eyes that twinkled with mischief, her quiet love. When I'm with family, I bake her Crusty Coconut Pie and she is with me. There is rarely a holiday when this [...]
Damage
Girl hitches a pin to the torn and tattered frock surrendered to dance upon a dry fall breeze. She tenders the clothesline across the yard filled with the rusting cadavers of a decade. A toaster from her mother's marriage lays [...]