Photo Credit: Stoonn/FreeDigitalPhotos.Net I carry around a slip of paper on which I have written my three top goals. I do this based on a suggestion from Scott Ginsberg, the Nametag Guy. I am convinced that, although I have not achieved my three goals every year, I have come a heck of a lot closer […]
Best of 2011 (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
This week, I chose to highlight my twelve favorite posts of 2011. Mama Kat’s prompt technically instructed us to pick the best post of each month of the year, but mine is a little more haphazard than that – some months were better than others! The vast majority of my favorite posts were the ones which helped […]
May You Be Strong (A Post for Dan Rockwell)
May You Be Strong, Dan (and How We Can Help) Dan Rockwell has been writing succinct, powerful, inspiring posts about leadership via his Leadership Freak blog since December 2009. In the first Leadership Freak post, Dan said, with typical candor: Among others, my battles include, selfishness, the need for the spot light, and the need […]
Wordless Wednesday (New Hampshire Sunrises Edition)
My friend Jacqui shares her images of New Hampshire sunrises with me almost every morning. They never fail to make me smile: I like the ones that capture the water in motion: Photo Credit: Jacqui Graham and the ones that are so vivid I can’t help but be in awe of nature: Photo Credit: Jacqui Graham […]
Christmas Beyond Red and Green (An Advent Devotional)
I wrote this devotional as my contribution to the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church “Advent Reflections 2011.” It was written for December 16 (Advent 3). The verses for that day included: Let all the ends of the earth revere him. Psalm 67:7 …my house shall be called a house of prayer. Isaiah 56:7 …you were willing to […]
All Dressed Up With Nowhere to …….Hey Anyone Want to Go Out? (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
This week, random.org handed me Mama Kat prompt number five: Put together a holiday outfit you’d love to wear at a holiday party should a holiday party ever be on your list of things to do. …….long extended pause here while I pick myself up off the floor from laughing … luxe holiday party? Me? In what […]