Gratitude: What We Give, What We Get.

This past weekend I invited over one of the subcontractors who worked on our remodel project. He was part of the demo team, the lead framer and after I took over the job, he stepped up, broadened his scope, and was invaluable to me. It was my intention when the house was finished to have…

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“Say again?” Texting and Communication Gaps

I love nail-biting movies. The one that always comes to mind is the screen version of Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October. Forever in the pursuit of speaking my truth and becoming an uber communicator, there is one scene in this film that is etched in my gray matter. The pinnacle moment where CIA…

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Ice Breakers in the era of social media. Easier or far more complicated?

I was recently at a gallery event admiring a colorblocked painting covered with brilliant butterflies when another guest sauntered over, squinted at the price and title card, then stepped back to my side. “Transmogrification?” he sounded out the title. “Evolution?” I guessed. He coughed and cleared his throat. “Rebirth.” A voice chimed from behind us.…

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Hooked on Phonics?

  I’d just finished my website newsletter, the backstory behind the prophetic future pill in Spirit Dance, (click here and sign up to get the story) and was motoring around the kitchen island stretching my legs–waka, waka–happy as a hungry Pac Man pill. Midway through my second lap, my phone pinged. A text message from…

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