Camping, A Love Story
“It gives me a feeling of self-sufficiency, a feeling of attachment to the land and to the world, I kind...
Turned By Phrase: A Life in Three Quotes
“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” -Pearl Strachan Hurd, British Politician I love a...
A Tree of Three Seeds: Cultivating Independence
“No Mommy, I do it myself!” -Universal Battle Cry of the Newly Independent Independence: Children, teens, new-hires, sophomores—anyone in...
Living in the Aloha State
“Aloha, interjection (Ə-‘lo-(h)ä) used as a greeting or farewell Hawaiian, from aloha; love First Known Use: 1820.” -Miriam-Webster Dictionary ...
A Big Bite of Spring
The air is warm, the lawns are green and the season of picnics is upon us. But, can a...
Moving Toward Gold After the Finish Line
“True balance—dynamic, powerful balance—is sustained by determined and diligent effort to elevate the quality of our lives no matter where...
The Stones of Miles
“Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.”...
Getting What We Deserve: The Depravity Standard
“In a democracy that all too often bemoans unfairness in injustice, the Depravity Scale’s goal of distinguishing the worst of...
Chatting on the Bleeding Edge
“[Communication] is not as common or as practiced as I once believed…we need weapons in the war against disconnection and...
The Peril of Pinterest
“[Visual Thinking is] the ability to find meaning in imagery. It involves a set of skills ranging from simple...