When I was a girl, reading through the Little House on the Prairie series, I was always stumped as to why the girls were so excited to receive an orange (of all things) in their Christmas stockings. An orange? A piece of fruit? Now, after living in the deep, cold North, for a long while, […]
Living Out Loud
I found a book I want to share. A fun book. An outrageous book. It’s Keri Smith’s Living Out Loud: Activities to Fuel a Creative Life. Don’t you just LOVE the title, by the way? I do. As the author states in her introduction (by the way, you can find her blog here), “my favorite […]
Emotional Intelligence
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown more and more puzzled as to how much isn’t taught at home or at school or on the playground–about life in general. We have to get a license to drive. We have to be FBI-screened to teach. We have to pass exams to get into school or to practice […]
Mother’s Plunge Retreat and Renewal
Honey, let me tell you somethin’. Listen to me now, because I’ve got a gold nugget of info for you, as precious as a Lindor truffle. I know…I’m excited, too. There’s a one-day retreat coming up in less than two months that you won’t want to miss. It’s the Mother’s Plunge. What’s that, you say? […]
In Praise of Doubt
The second book I’ve read recently is Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld’s In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic. Both authors are sociologists; Zijderveld holds an additional doctorate in philosophy. There are a plethora of great thoughts in the book; however, in this small space, I’ll highlight only a few […]