In yesterday’s post, I introduced the 33 questions from Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life designed to guide the reader to write a creator’s autobiography. Today I’m going to answer the first eleven questions. I hope some of you will join me in pondering these questions and sharing the […]
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Top 10 Pivotal Moments
Could you list the most pivotal moments in your life? I’d never given the idea much thought until I read a novel in which pivotal moments were a major theme. The characters, who possessed wildly different personalities, uncannily shared a few major life events that could be traced back to similar pivotal moments. These moments […]
The “4 Burners” Theory of Work/Life Balance
The 4 Burners theory is another way of telling us we can’t do what we want with our lives… Life is a tapestry, not a stove.
“Best of Both Worlds” Podcast Run-Down
This week, the guest on Laura Vanderkam and Sarah Hart-Unger’s podcast “Best of Both Worlds” was– me! To those of you who are joining us from Laura’s or Sarah’s websites, welcome! I’m so excited to have you here, and hope you’ll stick around to read and comment on posts old and new. I’d also love for […]
March Book Review: Children’s Books
As I wrote in last week’s post, I’ve been doing a lot of re-reading lately, so I don’t have enough of my own books to share this month. But I HAVE been reading some great new things with my three-year-old son. Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color by Julia Denos This is one of the […]
March “What I’m Into:” Movie Music, Jo Malone, and Re-Reading
This month, I’m into… …awesome music adaptations. I usually try to do at least one pop piece per concert with my fifth graders, and this year I have two that the kids and I both love. With one band, we’re doing Pirates of the Caribbean (The Medallion Calls/The Black Pearl) and with the other, a […]