I have been working on a number of longer posts, but I find I have to draft them and let them sit for a couple of days and come back to them. In a conversation with a friend a couple of weeks ago, we were discussing how awesome the (somewhat) flexibility of our positions as […]
I read a quote by MLK this morning that I don’t remember ever seeing before. I’m sure I’ve seen it, but it certainly didn’t resonant in the past the way it did with me this morning. “An Individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to […]
I was reading the following article about amazon.com, Amazon Just Patented Shipping Items Before They’re Even Ordered, and the first sentence really got me thinking: Late last month, Amazon patented a process they’ve termed “anticipatory package shipping,” in which products would be sent to fulfillment centers near the customers most likely to purchase them, before […]
I’ve had the following image on my iphone for over two years. Every time I push the home button, I see it. If it’s one thing I’m gonna look at over and over again during the day, it’s whatever image that I choose for my lock screen. I think I’m ready to change it to […]
Busy day. 2 mile run. Teaching. Started work on a new article. So excited. Now, happy hour! It’s a great way to end a busy week and begin a weekend. A more substantial post tomorrow. Have a great weekend!!
Several years ago (okay probably twenty years although it seems like only ten), I picked up Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within while working in the writing center at University of Southwestern Louisiana (where I did my undergraduate degree), now University of Louisiana at Lafayette…the Ragin Cajuns! I had just started […]
Those who know me well know how much I love a good milestone. My 13 years of Catholic education combined with my experience of growing up in New Orleans has provided me with an appreciation for rituals, traditions, and yes, celebrations. This is one of the reasons I love graduation ceremonies, and I’m lucky because […]