Breathe, Notice
Colors, textures, stories, elements
So wide, so deep, so far
Breathe, Notice


Colors, textures, stories, elements
So wide, so deep, so far
Breathe, Notice


This week is a significant week for me. Two years ago on April 16, while visiting my parents in Maine, an aneurysm burst in my brain and I had a stroke. I woke up two days later in a hospital two hours away where I’d been flown. People tell me that I’m a miracle. The…
Backlog – a word and practice that I learned two years ago in August when I became a Certified Scrum Master with Agile in Nonprofits. If you don’t know what Scrum is, I recommend checking it out ….. It is a process that I love, and don’t have the time to explain. I am also…

Our eyes are amazing. In concert with our brains, they are constantly compiling pieces into a whole that we interpret and accept. On my desk, a mug holds a collection of colored pencils. A jar holds some shiny night sky shapes. A stack of colored index cards is within easy reach. To my right, a…

Last week I stood in our kitchen and heard the washing machine banging. As I sipped my coffee, I observed the responsible thing to do would be to trudge upstairs, interrupt the cycle, and re-balance the clothes. Then I realized that I hadn’t started a load of laundry. What could possibly be making all that…

Last week I volunteered with ICF-SC (International Coaching Federation, SC) as a coach at the ATD-SC Annual Conference (Association of Talent Development, SC). These Learning and Development Professionals gathered together together to explore “Break Boundaries and Unlock Potential”. Before I began my coaching work during the day, I got to learn from their keynote speaker…
Last weekend we did something I never imagined we would do. We drove to a conference in New Orleans, and when we checked in with the event organizers and saw the agenda, we decided not to stay. So we drove home two days early. Not without enjoying a lovely quiche and coffee shop (The Fourth…