“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom,” Thomas Jefferson once said. Yet, how does one come upon honesty? Is honesty the mere telling of factual information, recounting a series of events, and not cheating at Words With Friends (about which my good friend Eric recently blogged)? Or…
Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she’s gone… Lucy…
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” –John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton When I was a swimmer for the University of Wisconsin Women’s Swim Team, we had t-shirts printed one year for the Big Ten Championships that read “Absolute Power.” The back of the t-shirt featured an image…
I began writing this blog nearly a month ago with a deep breath and a huge leap of faith. As I wrote in my introductory blog, I had been putting off writing a blog for a variety of reasons – self-doubt and privacy protection being two main concerns. But when…
Next week I am kicking off a new writing challenge. I am teaming up with an amazing photographer – Angie McMonigal (who also just happens to be a close personal friend) for the Photo Inspiration Challenge. Angie has chosen a handful of photos and every day next week I will post…
Have you ever wondered what would happen if there were a time warp and two versions of yourself were able to meet? Perhaps a younger version of yourself could meet the current you? Or the current you could meet an older version of yourself? I often wonder what would happen…