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 I would like to take the opportunity to share what I’ve been writing over on the Concord Leadership Group Blog. One of my first loves was (is) writing, and I’m so glad that I get to contribute words in multiple places as part of my daily work. You all get to know the…

Last fall, I caught myself using this phrase. “It’s just a drop in the bucket….” meaning it will barely make a difference compared to what is needed. I have no recollection of what I was thinking about or what conversation might have prompted this metaphor. I imagine I have used and read this idiom without…

It came. It’s beautiful. Go find it in the Children’s Section of the Library and give yourself 30 minutes to bask in the wonder these pages hold.

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…
Let’s have some fun. Grab your phone and open your photo app. Look through the photos you’ve collected over the last thirty days. Choose one. Look at it. If you need to turn your phone so it fills your screen, do that. What do you see? Next, zoom in SOME. Move the picture around. Look…

My go-to dictionary is Merriam Webster. One of the flavors of my love affair with words is to know ALL that a word means, and to peak around at uses of the word that I might not have considered. I’m also quite fond of tracing a words origins (and do not have a single go-to…