At my piano lesson this week, we added a piece that introduces use of the pedal. My teacher said in passing, ‘I’m sure you’ve messed around with the pedal at home.’ And with that one phrase, the universe stopped. “No. …
August in five lines: And now life begins to return to ‘normal’… do I even dare hope it? I am getting ready for three long and wonderful days in assisting a Co-Active Balance course this weekend. Volunteering with Co-Active is …
Happy New Year! The 50 years of life that are mine have more or less operated around academic calendars. August has always been a beginning. Last Year, I finally began to embrace the rhythm of seasons that works for me. …
Once upon a time – in June – I felt listless. Emotionally, I was listless. The same could be said for my life. As a lifelong list maker, my compass and anchor were missing. My challenge wasn’t that I didn’t …
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 …
Once upon a time – in June – I felt listless. Emotionally, I was listless. The same could be said for my life. As a lifelong list maker, my compass and anchor were missing. My challenge wasn’t that I didn’t …
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 …
When I saw people begin to post reflections of their first quarter last week, I was convinced they had to be partaking in a massive early April Fool’s joke. I don’t now how many times I counted January, February, March …