I am participating in the 31 Days of Free Writes October challenge. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Today’s prompt: Discover We have lost something in our country. We have lost the willingness to discover people’s nuances. Obviously it’s an enormous […]
155 Big Green Pen Minutes Day Nineteen: Brave
I am participating in the 31 Days of Free Writes October challenge. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Today’s prompt: Brave When I saw this article about Amy Cuddy early yesterday morning, it caught my eye. Although the title made it […]
155 Big Green Pen Minutes Day Eighteen: Share
I am participating in the 31 Days of Free Writes October challenge. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. (Confession: I can’t resist spell-checking!) Today’s prompt: Share There is someone I have shared time with that I owe a letter to, and […]
What Makes You Say “I Want That”? A Look at User-Generated Content
Laura Petrolino (here she is on Twitter) and I have been friends online for five years but never actually spoke face to face (via video conference) until when we were putting together this post! It’s a miracle we were able to coordinate a time, given our mutual inability to tell what day it is. Case […]
155 Big Green Pen Minutes Day Seventeen: Grow
I am participating in the 31 Days of Free Writes October challenge. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. (Confession: I can’t resist spell-checking!) Today’s prompt: Grow The Spanish word for “grow” is “crecer.” I don’t honestly know the derivation of “crecer” […]
155 Big Green Pen Minutes Day Sixteen: Read
I am participating in the 31 Days of Free Writes October challenge. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. (Confession: I can’t resist spell-checking!) Today’s prompt: Read I worry about myself and reading. I *adore* reading and am a tireless advocate for […]





