This morning I walked on the beach. Then I got in a car, drove too many hours, got home just in time to hand out a few Halloween treats, made dinner, got a few urgent work projects managed... And then, this being Tuesday (and I take my deadlines seriously!), I sat down to write. And … Continue reading A Walk On the Beach
“Marty, the future isn’t written. It can be changed…you know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.” — Dr. Emmett Brown Last week, for our family movie night, we watched a classic: Back to the Future. I'm going to assume that you've seen it (if you haven't, you should!). But as … Continue reading Back to the Future: Republicans Can Change It. Will They?
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway "When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." – Peter Marshall I was going to write something completely different today – but I just got … Continue reading Resilience Is What We Need
First, a note of thanks for everyone who reached out last week. I'm still taking it easy and trying not to break my brain with news (not easy to do) – but I did have a few thoughts to share today. I hope you don't me landing in your inbox again this Tuesday evening. Because … Continue reading They Make the Messes.
Today got away from me again. That seems to happen a lot these days. And so this week I thought I would take some of my own advice. I've often told you to rest and refresh and recharge. I've read the sage advice from Jen Hoffman who pauses for a month every August, to let … Continue reading A Breather, Just a Wee Pause
Well here we are, in another whirlwind of a week. And another threatened government shutdown because Republicans flatly refuse to govern. They play chicken with the economy so often and so openly that Fitch downgraded our credit from AAA to Aa+ in August. Moody's Analytics, another rater, warned that the looming shutdown (which will happen … Continue reading Too Many Top Stories to Count, Distinct 2016 Vibes, and A Must-Read Opinion
It’s always too soon to go home. And it’s always too soon to calculate effect. ~Rebecca Solnit If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams On a rainy, dreary day in the early 1960s, a group of women protested in front of … Continue reading You Just Never Know Who You Might Inspire
Today is one of those days that absolutely got away from me. From the second I opened my eyes until now, my time's been accounted for. I know you know what those days are like, so I hope you'll give me some grace for not having as many words on the tip of my tongue. … Continue reading We’re In A Season of Change
Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation. ~Robert Kennedy My husband was telling me about a new book he's reading about a photographer named … Continue reading On Photographs, Poems, Notebooks… and Messages
Last week I was on a podcast called Dirt Road Democrat with Jessica Piper, when she asked: Michele, what's it like living in a red state? It's a good question. And I've heard from plenty of folks living in other parts of the country, who have found my descriptions of life in a now-solidly-red state … Continue reading What It’s Like, Living In A Red State
Small Deeds Done 