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  • Serving Others as a Path to Fulfillment

    These are dark and uncertain times. I’m often overwhelmed by news of yet another deliberate cruelty or falsehood presented as fact by the current administration. I sometimes feel there is little I can do to… Read more

  • Over Under: One Row at a Time

    A couple of months ago, I checked out two books on weaving from my local library. I was inspired by the lovely items a good friend of mine created and gifted to me over the… Read more

  • Eating Crow

    Life is full of incidents that teach humility, and I’ve met quite a lot of them. Being the kind of person who charges ahead with my own agenda, led by an innate curiosity and dogged… Read more

  • What’s in a Name?

    I once read an article advocating a minimum age requirement for getting a tattoo by comparing body art to a drunken climb up a water tower with a can of spray paint. “At seventeen, you… Read more

  • Book Release Day! Subject to Change: Teaching and Learning from Teen Moms

    Today is the day! My second memoir, Subject to Change, is officially released! It’s been a frustrating, surprising, and rewarding journey. I’m both older and wiser, and I couldn’t ask for anything more. The process… Read more

  • PT: Physical Therapy or Physical Torture?

    I have a love-hate relationship with PT. Many years ago, I went through two series of sessions for frozen shoulder—once in each shoulder. Those resolved completely, and I was sold on the benefits of PT.… Read more

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