This past week Senator Mitch McConnell uttered this historic quote about Senator Elizabeth Warren, “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” She persisted became the new battle cry of the resistance.  A new heroine was born as Elizabeth Warren was unfairly silenced and joined the ranks of Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman,… Read More She Persisted

Warning: This will probably be the lamest blog I’ve written so far, but in my defense I am still trying to recover from my sickness so I hope I get points for effort! If you don’t really care and want to read on…just remember…reader beware….. Most of an author’s writing life is spent waiting (well… Read More Waiting….

One of my favorite organizations for leadership training is Vital Smarts. The organization does a lot of social science research and I have a personal fascination with that particular body of education. The Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability seminars are among the best I’ve ever attended.  Why is this important? Recently, the group sent out… Read More Closets Are For Clothes….

Last weekend I saw this remarkable movie titled Hidden Figures about three women of color who were instrumental to NASA and our race to put a man on the moon. It was an inspiring story and yet it made me hopping mad that it took this many years to acknowledge the contributions of these amazing… Read More Hidden Treasures

Brrrrrr….It is unseasonably cold here in the Pacific Northwest. The other day it was -1 degrees and all I want to do right now is burrow under my down comforter with a good book.  Fortunately, I have a very big queue on my kindle because I’ve been buying books like mad lately. That got me… Read More A Book Budget….Nah…Why Would I Do That?

  Let’s talk about autocorrect, the modern marvel of technology. Or is it? I’m old enough to remember writing research or English papers on an electric (not manual – I’m not that old) typewriter, where I had to…gasp…use white out to correct my errors. We didn’t have those very helpful red or green squiggly lines… Read More Arghh…Autocorrect

I ruminated (I often do that) over what I could write about 2016 that would be remotely interesting, witty, or fun to read.  How could I possibly create a blog reviewing the year without it sounding like a list of boring things that have happened? So….I decided to do a combo review because everyone knows… Read More See Ya Later 2016

WARNING: The latter part of this blog contains an ick worthy section. My propensity for finding humor in the most outrageous things knows no bounds. So… I’ve found a way to answer the challenge tossed out regarding the ability to weave into a few short paragraphs all those words or phrases we hate in lesfic. … Read More Passion….

I was reading an article this week about forgiveness and there were some pearls of wisdom that was helpful to be reminded of in the aftermath of the election.  As the cabinet assignments are being made, the anger and discontent continues across our country the likes of which we have not seen…ever. Don’t get me… Read More The Power of One…