Packing up and getting out of town for a few days refocuses my brain.   I become hyper-aware of the people around me.   I notice the patter...

Vacation was good to me. It always is. I’m not just talking about rest and relaxation or getting away from the normal day to day.  ...

My undergraduate degree was a BA in Studio Art with teacher certification.  I wanted to be a teacher and I thought that working in a K-12 pu...

I'm sitting at my dining room table.  Ten feet in front of me several teams of hummingbirds are warring over the favored nectar bank.  T...

Two years ago I was building a sand fort on the beach with my kids.  We had spent the week in the sand building new and interesting thi...