The SuperBlog
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Back to the Future
When I was a senior in high school, our class was the first to graduate from “the new building.” They had taken our old junior high, and, while we were spending a few years in the original old school building, transformed our little school into a big new facility,...
Learning to Be
Elements of a perfect vacation: Find a place that looks better in person than as advertised on the website Bring along a loyal companion who can sleep the whole 13-hour car ride, and guard the car when you need to make a stop Be in a place that grounds you Surround...
Acting As If
Expectations and Acting As If A few weeks ago, my daughter asked if I could watch her dog while they went on vacation. Fine, I’ve done it before and my dog and hers have become true siblings: very excited to see each other initially, and then need their space after a...
Finding Your Path
In an article on Axios entitled “Co-working Spaces Aren’t Going Anywhere” by Sareen Habeshian, there is a statement that in 2008 there were 160 coworking centers globally. I had one of them. Back in 2006, after having more than a difficult time finding a place...
Pre-Old
Remember that pre-teen phase, where your body was changing but your mind was either 5 steps ahead or 5 steps behind it? There were times when you still felt like a little kid and just wanted to go out and play with your friends and be silly…and then you’d have these...
Life As An Adventure
I like having friends that will say “You need to watch ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ because I need someone to talk with about it.” It serves two purposes: I watch something I probably would not have, and I am guaranteed to have a conversation with my friend, where maybe...
Embracing What Is
“I’ve been searching so long…to find an answer” – Chicago As someone who is innately curious, and a believer in life-long learning, it seems I am always on some quest or another. Ok, and to be completely honest, it is also because I get bored easily and need...
The Longest Journey
I like to be around smart people. People who know how to figure things out and come up great ideas. I’m fortunate to be working in an environment filled with smart people who push and question and debate and find answers. And when I go home, I read and learn new...
FORWARD!
I am one of those people who hangs on to friends. If you were my friend when we were children – and assuming nothing untoward occurred along the way – the odds are pretty high that we are still friends to this day. I have monthly phone conversations with childhood...
If Only I Could Be As Good As That Author
I rediscovered an author I really like the other day. I pulled out a book that had been sitting on my shelf for years, and decided to reread it. I was instantly drawn in, and amazed at some of the insights it offered. And, as can happen when I read something I admire,...