“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…
“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…
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…
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…