Kids Like it When Something Goes Wrong

There was no need to hire a clown for my seventh birthday. Six girlfriends and I piled into my Dad’s huge 1960 Chevy station wagon to drive to the skating rink for my party. But his car wouldn’t start, so he got out and pushed it. But he slipped and fell in the mud. When… Continue reading Kids Like it When Something Goes Wrong

A Year of This, Makes A Lifelong Learner

photo credit:Barrett Garden Work Day -photopin.com While schools have switched from chalkboards to keyboards, skills like how to think independently and how to collaborate with others are not taught by a computer – those skills are taught by great teachers who have a huge impact on our lives. The memory of our favorite teacher stays… Continue reading A Year of This, Makes A Lifelong Learner

Optimizing Yourself – Week 49 – Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2013 – Feng Shui Winter Clutter Clearing

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going to do the feng shui exercise of going through each room and filling up a bag to give away, sell, or recycle.  The goal of filling a bag per room will help me identify which items I don’t use, don’t like, or don’t have a place… Continue reading Optimizing Yourself – Week 49 – Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2013 – Feng Shui Winter Clutter Clearing

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

“Gratitude is an inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is following that impulse”. Henry Van Dyke In our farming past, Thanksgiving was a celebration of the end of the harvest and the start of the winter season. Today it is a holiday where many people share… Continue reading The Meaning of Thanksgiving