Dear reader, I can see from my blog’s stats that you found my blog by searching the all-important question: if a boy ignores emails, what...

I drink coffee Americano because, well, I kind of like it, and I once heard it was developed in Europe during WWII for American soldiers...

Sometimes, my children, working in an office is an experience. There’s all the meetings, strange lunch conversations, and forced...

It’s Wednesday. I don’t want to work. The litany of reasons why? I’m tired. My knee hurts because I’m old. It’s really hot. I’m so far...

(OK, so if I’d ever lived in Kansas, I would have to be a very unhappy person, seeing as I probably would have had to like the Kansas...

My dance skills are limited. Let’s just get that out there right off the bat. Sure, I can still remember most of that cheerleading dance...

As someone who fancies herself a writer of sorts, I love words. I love the joy of finding a word that expresses just the right feeling,...

My confession: I’ve lived in Nashville for about seven years and never gone downtown for the July 4 extravanganza. Which is weird, since...

I love the movie Almost Famous. Yes, I know that these guys use words I try not to even think as every part of speech imaginable, but I...

Yes, yes it is. Yesterday I had to go to the doctor for the “get-established” visit. And after I got there, I realized that your first...

So goes the song by The Who . . . and yesterday we found out that Baby Crow is a boy. My nephew, Elijah Jacob, is even expected to make...

After watching Reservation Road with Mindy this weekend—and discovering that prescription anti-anxiety drugs may be necessary to get...

This week has been a little weird for me. I was traveling all day Monday and Thursday and on a relaxed camp schedule in beautiful New...

Earlier today the camp director told my team and me that several students involved in M-FUGE, and therefore off site working on mission...

Working with teens has its moments. Here are a few of my favorites from today’s interactions with teens, along with some of the...

The first time I flew to Santa Fe, I was in love with the city before I ever got off the plane. It’s like a whole different world from...

So it’s been a crazy Saturday. I left Nashville around 11:20 a.m. to meet my mom at a Cracker Barrel off of Interstate 24 somewhere in...

OK, a few days ago, I read this article on Yahoo when I was signing in to check my email. (No, I do not go around reading dating sites...

Dear coworkers from various other departments who need something from me: For the record, I have not forgotten you. It’s just that while...

So the much-awaited new Coldplay album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, released yesterday. I pre-ordered on iTunes weeks ago...