I sat, scrolling through Twitter one morning, reading the dark news du jour. My news feed was a car wreck of unfolding horrors, and even though my heart was racing, I remained fixated on the screen. I am so glad I did. With one swipe up with my forefinger, an image appeared that sent an electric shock through me, jolting me upright. At ...
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My Shack in Woodstock
I went up to Woodstock and just read, and read, and read, and read, for five years." ~ Joseph Campbell I think about Joseph Campbell at least once a day. The first time I read Campbell's explanation of the Hero's Journey, I was sitting on the floor in front of the fire, propped up against the sofa. I understood immediately the power of his ...
Follow Your Creation’s Lead
The question is not what you look at, but what you see." ~ Henry David Thoreau The other day I tallied up the approximate number of batches of puttanesca sauce I have made over the course of my life. I landed on somewhere around the number 3,500! By Malcolm Gladwell standards, I have hit mastery status via his (now-disputed) "10,000-hours ...
Leadership & Letting Go
I've been a fan of all things nautical my entire life. Bodies of water, and the vessels for traversing them, give me a sense of unending potential for exploring and creating. The sailboat in particular captures my fascination, harnessing wind and waves, to push through open water.In early 2016, I flew to Puerto Vallarta to take a week-long, basic ...
