I like to write, most of the time. I’ve been writing since I was 12, mostly journaling, then papers, then work articles, papers, and blogs, and then blogging on my own. I always like to challenge myself and I keep a little pile of papers in the back of my journal as prompts when I…
Instrument Selection Night, or otherwise affectionately referred to as the Instrument Petting Zoo, was held this week for both of our middle schools in San Carlos. Bret and I run the trombone station, along with a couple of student helpers, and we’ve been doing this together for years. In fact, I think I have been…
Does going to an intimacy retreat sound appealing to you or does the sound of fingernails being raked down a chalkboard (do they even have chalkboards any more?) sound more enticing? The last weekend in January, I ended up in Phoenix for a completely different event than the Superbowl; I attended a retreat called Intentional…
I admit it, I love getting Christmas cards, and pictures of my friends and their kids, and I especially love reading the Christmas letters people share. I think I just heard a collective groan. I hear ya – why would I want to read these letters about how great everyone is doing and how your…