Earlier this year I watched 13th with my husband. It's a remarkable documentary that clearly shows how the 13th amendment abolished slav...

I often describe the town I grew up in as a bubble. It wasn't until I went to college that I started to even remotely realize just how s...

I am and always will be an educator at heart.  Sometimes being an educator keeps me up at night. And that leads to me creating a  middle-of-...

In today's world, being connected is more possible than ever. Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to connecting with other...

As 2016 comes to a close, I'd like to share this beautiful, simple yet profound, poem by Maya Angelou titled  Human Family. I watch it o...

As a writer, I'm always paying attention to stories all around me and mostly that means paying attention to people. I'm fascinated b...

Life has it's ups and downs, it ebbs and flows, we experience highs and lows.  But if we can hold onto what's most important to us t...

One of my favorite books is Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett with illustrations by Jon Klassen. It makes me happy to think of Annabelle and her gen...

I'm such a music fan. It wakes me up, energizes me, empowers me. I'm also a Spotify fan. I love being able to create my own playlist...

Today I'm sharing a documentary that gives insight into an organization called Story Pirates. They write with kids and then take their o...

As friends head off to Disney for spring break, I dream of being there too. I rarely see my kids as excited and happy as they were when we t...

This week, I started reading The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer and I can't wait to talk more about it next week. Until then, and even a...

I love how Lisa outlines how humans are wired for story. She reminds us that every society on Earth has story. "We think in story becau...

Over the years, I've encountered so many different types of people in my work. I've learned to recognize each person's strengths...

I talked with a teacher yesterday who told me about an exciting research project her students are embarking on. They were curious about what...

Last week, I shared  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Ted Talk The Danger of a Single Story and I also invited you to write about why you are...

A friend recently pointed out to me that when you assume you make an ass out of u and me. When we don't understand someone else's st...

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