My reading life is dictated by when ebooks are available at the library. My favorite days are when a hold becomes available the day I finish my current read. Those days feel like I won a scratch-off lottery ticket. I get a little nervous when my next book becomes available too soon, though. Too soon … Continue reading The next book on my list
Wind buffets the house. Tree limbs rattle outside the windows, snow swirls in great gusts, and the chimney sounds like a coke bottle when you blow air over its opening. Snow glitters in the porch light before sunrise, and the world outside is bright in the diffuse moonlight. Today’s Bloganuary prompt is “What is a … Continue reading Superpowers
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced and overcome was a self-imposed one. In 1999, I rode a bicycle 330 miles through Appalachia in 3.5 days. I raised $1900 for people suffering from AIDS in the Washington D.C. metro area, then joined 1700 other riders to pedal my bike from North Carolina, through Virginia, and … Continue reading I can do hard things
This is an easy one. My ideal day is one where I have no obligations. I don’t have a to-do list, I don’t have to work, I am not required to be anywhere or remember anything or do anything. On a day like that, I’d want to wake to clear skies and welcoming temperatures, and … Continue reading My ideal day
Communication, culture, connection. These are often cited as things that will be hard to cultivate or maintain in a remote work environment. Nonsense! All three of those are easily solved by adding emojis to your communication repertoire. It’s true that text has limitations when compared with talking in-person, where you can (sometimes) deduce intent through … Continue reading Emojis: the secret to distributed work
I don’t care about living boldly. I just want to live. A favorite past-time for my husband and me is to talk about what we’re going to do when we retire. I am eager for when my time is my own, to do with what I please. But when I think of actually having that … Continue reading I want to live while I’m alive
Butterfly Mind 