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…
The Happiness of Pursuit Finding the Quest that Will Bring Purpose to Your Life A book by Chris Guillebeau I just finished reading Chris Guillebeau’s book, The Happiness of Pursuit about quests. (I was thrilled to receive the book as a gift from Jenna Avery through a little contest about quests on her website jennaavery.com.…
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…