Found in our Backyard



This morning I made a decision about the next three (and a half) years. It has come time for me to renew my ACC (Associate Certified Coach) designation with ICF (the International Coach Federation). In my coaching profession, I am required to be continually learning and serving. I will report the hours (not names) that…

Confession. I have subscribed to Writer’s Digest magazine for over 5 years. I have read MAYBE six issues. Yet, every time renewal rolls around, I quickly send my payment. When the newest issue arrived last week, I hardly looked at. Still on the kitchen table, it will eventually get moved to one of the many…
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…

If you look at the history of my life, the stories of my family of origin, the stories of their origin you would correctly assume – we are generally a family of early risers. With gratitude to those who set this path before me, I love the early morning hours of creation and connection and…

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…

I tell others that I don’t love sporting events. I don’t have a favorite team. I don’t have a sport that I know all the names and statistics for. And there are times that I love sporting events. I love them in the same way that I love a good concert or play. I love…