I just read an interesting article at The Guardian. Literary critics scan the brain to find out why we love to read Later this year a group of 12 students in New England will be given a series of specially …
Do you have a dream?
Yesterday I met a young woman from France. She’s returning to her country soon, having spent the last year in the U.S. working as an au pair. I asked her what her plans are for when she gets back home. …
Does Your Environment Impede Your Creativity?
I wrote a post for The Parking Lot Confessional today about how our working environment helps or hinders our creative work. Here’s the link: The Birds And The Butterflies. Here’s a blurb: We’re growing butterflies at our house. We bought …
A Lesson From My Dog
I took last week off from blogging and…well…everything for two reasons: It was Spring Break. We decided to landscape our yard. By “landscape our yard” I don’t mean we came up with a design and hired a crew to do …
Your One Thing
Remember that scene from City Slickers? The one where Curly tells Mitch the meaning of life? Here’s the clip: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1uOqRb0HU] I’ve been thinking about that clip a lot lately. I know my one thing. But I’m very good at putting …