When was the last time you did something for the first time? Gasp! I know! A friend posted this inquiry to Facebook a couple of weeks ago and it has been making a pinball machine out of my brain ever since. It just bounces around at will, finding new areas to disrupt and invite fresh…

A week ago I shared with you my penchant for sidewalk chalk. Since then it seems I have gained a chalk talk buddy. It all started after I spent a Friday evening writing the words of Cleo Wade on our driveway. The week leading up to this brought disastrous news of the natural kind in…

During the course of the pandemic, I began creating messages on my driveway in chalk. Reflecting back, I can’t quite pinpoint how it started or how the idea came to me. The genesis of it is long forgotten. But over the last 17 months, weather-permitting, I have consistently taken to the driveway to leave messages…

Wowza! Last week was full of challenges, sharp edges, tender spots prodded. At first, I was lamenting why this was happening to me and why many life situations seemed at tipping points. I wish I could tell you exactly how or why this perspective shifted for me suddenly, probably the result of reading many self-help…