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Why art matters: communicating for connection
Yosemite gave me the best birthday gift: a reminder that all the things that keep us small - gnawing anxiety, fear, the general malaise...
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Jun 22, 20194 min read
The Many Faces of Free Solo
This is an essay on the Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. I'm not putting in spoiler tags...
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Jun 22, 20192 min read
On leadership and healing
Follow this dog's lead. Healing is living. Athletes know this; a hard day in the gym or on the field must be followed by rest, massage,...
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Mar 29, 20192 min read
The Impossible Climb: A good read
I picked up _The Impossible Climb_ by Mark Synnott at the airport as we were leaving Las Vegas after Vegas Acro Cup/World Cup last week....
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Dec 9, 20182 min read
The thing that makes cold weather bearable: Decorative Gourd Season
I AM A SUMMER PERSON. I have to say it in all caps because it is not cool. Cool people love fall (they're cool, get it? A punny joke only...
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Jan 8, 20182 min read
Oprah's Golden Globes was the best (stump?) speech I've heard in awhile
This was one of the best speeches I've heard in a long, long time. You heard that story structure built in - story of me, story of us,...
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Dec 7, 20172 min read
Where are the Asian American Silence Breakers? #TimesUp
Updated 1/10/2018 Whose stories get told depends on a lot of things, not the least of which is who decides to speak up and tell their...
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Nov 22, 20172 min read
THOR! Go see it if you haven't yet
I am so surprised at how much I liked Thor. (And *completely* blown away by how much I loved "Logan," but that's for another review.)...
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Jul 6, 20173 min read
Wonder Woman:
On the Saturday of opening weekend, we went to see Wonder Woman. My heart was unexpectedly full at seeing row after diverse row of...
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Jul 6, 20171 min read
Paul Simon, communication, acro
"…we have people unable to touch other people, unable to love other people. This is a song about the inability to communicate."~Paul...
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Jun 20, 20171 min read
#VoteYourOssoff AND Love For Tabby's Star, all in one day
Ok all you astronomers and fans out there, let me say off the bat that I have no idea what's going on with Tabetha Boyajian's Star. But...
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Jun 7, 20171 min read
Bold enough to lead with love
The leaders who will take us into the next era of our democracy are the ones who are bold enough to lead with love. Not with body slams,...
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May 25, 20171 min read
This Is Us, 3-7-2017. Black, white, and the heartbreaking rainbow
I was a fan of 'Mad Men.' I wouldn't say I was raving over it, but I appreciated how it depicted an era and conveyed a certain...
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May 24, 20172 min read
More Efficient Facebooking
Facebook, aka The Most Inefficient Way To Get News, can take up a LOT of time, especially if you're trying to find the top stories on a...
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May 24, 20171 min read
Outside the window
A parking lot, and cars in the lot Minivans and trucks, families and farmhands. This is where I am, a suburb closing in on farmland a...
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Apr 15, 20171 min read
A good walk home, or, why every kid should have a high school helper
This is the cheeriest thing ever so I have to share. A few days of the week, I'm able to pick up the kids after school. It's sometimes...
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Apr 15, 20172 min read
When I looked at what happened between Palm Sunday & Easter
Every year I feel like a wanna-be Catholic because I'm annoyed at the lack of focus in the Protestant tradition on what the story is...
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Mar 1, 20171 min read
Keep going, #keepmarching, no matter what Squirrelwig says
So, how about that speech. I heard a Republican caller on CSPAN say that she loved it! He said all the great things! I saw a lot of...
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Feb 1, 20173 min read
Blogging strategy when you feel fear: How To Make Wiser Publishing Decisions
I haven't posted in awhile, or posted regularly. There are lots of reasons for it, but there's one that stands out: Fear. (Well, fear and...
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Dec 17, 20161 min read
Win first, play by the rules later
In this New York Times op-ed, Dahlia Lithwick and David S. Cohen rightly point out that audacity is the basis of Republicans wins. Being...
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