“The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts “How can you know what you’re capable of if you don’t embrace the unknown?” ~ Esmeralda Santiago Today I’m at Cochise College second annual Comic Con. I’ve never attended a comic conContinue reading “Coming into the Twenty-First Century”
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My Imagined TED Talk
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” ~ Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” Abigail Adams My husband, Barry, and I are doing the year-longContinue reading “My Imagined TED Talk”
Stories That Endure
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ~ Philip Pullman “Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.” ~ Ben Okri It’s been a rough week. I’m still not completely recovered from my cold, so I dragged myself into class last night gladContinue reading “Stories That Endure”
How to Help Your Favorite Authors
“People can’t read a book if they don’t know it exists. All authors need to do marketing, regardless of how they published.” ~ Jo Linsdell I’m a bit under the weather as I write this. I guess it’s my year to get a cold, so I’m reposting an article I wrote last year. It’s particularlyContinue reading “How to Help Your Favorite Authors”
Themes for My Year
“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. IContinue reading “Themes for My Year”