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California

What is your favorite type of weather? Maybe this I love SoCal weather the most

My days are numbered. I have so much I still want to do. I guess that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’m taking some deep breaths and figuring out my priorities. My mock-up copy of Beatrix was a big hold up and in the end I needed some real miracles as well as some extraContinue reading “Counting Down”

Teachers with a Super Power

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I have two that changed everything for me. Mrs. Bailey, sixth grade and Mr. Harcha, 7,8,and 9. Mrs Bailey was the first person in my life up to that pointt who saw me as smart. Every year from kindergarten on, they wanted to hold me back. I wasContinue reading “Teachers with a Super Power”

Kind

I didn’t want to notice. I started worrying about other unrelated things so I didn’t have to. Finally days later, I can admit that I was a little afraid. I haven’t stood in front of a class of school children in years. Over the summers, I would always develop some amount of stage fright, butContinue reading “Kind”

Spending time

What do you wish you could do more every day? Spend more time with the grands. if only we all lived close…

Haven’t thought

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? If I didn’t fear pain and sitting still and my body rejecting ink in some huge unattractive overreactive way, I might try a quote or a song lyric, or maybe a tiny 60’s style flower… Somewhere that would be the least painful. I’ll googleContinue reading “Haven’t thought”

What is one word that describes you? I’m going with ‘curious’ because at the root of what drives me, is a constant, impossible-to-ignore ‘curious ness’. I don’t call it curiosity because that sounds limited. I don’t have curiosity about any one thing in particular, it’s never one subject. Everything and anything can get my curiosityContinue reading

What was the best compliment you’ve received? My son told me he’s looking for a house (to buy) that reminds him of the house that he grew up in.

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? Depends. If I want to get there fast- airplane, but I’ve enjoyed many road trips in a car.

Here’s to a Confident Spring

Who is the most confident person you know? I can’t pick. I know a lot of confident people. My kids, my friends, my yoga instructors, people I’ve worked with. Teachers etc. Confidence is a quality that I’ve always admired. It’s hard not to be inspired by a person moving confidently through an experience especially whenContinue reading “Here’s to a Confident Spring”