THE STEVIE WONDER SOLUTION TO MINUTIAE

THE STEVIE WONDER SOLUTION TO MINUTIAE

Does anyone else do this? Whenever I don’t know what to do next, or I’m bored, or I’m procrastinating, I look in the refrigerator for something to eat. I seem to have convinced myself that finding something to eat – and then eating it – counts as doing...
SHARK TANK MIRACLES

SHARK TANK MIRACLES

Did you know Shark Tank is the perfect show to watch while hanging out with your mom in a memory care facility? It has really cool inventions, solid business advice, and 4-5 great stories every half hour. Like this one: In 2015 two Army Rangers showed up to get a deal...
ALL THE NUMBERS

ALL THE NUMBERS

Have you ever read those accounts about little kids who remember past lives? Or stories about the wisdom children have before we teach it out of them? Last year I was playing with my three year old grandson who was learning numbers. He said, “I love you one hundred!”...
DON’T HIT THE TREE!

DON’T HIT THE TREE!

There’s a video out by some guy telling a story that when elite skiers are taught how to navigate snow covered ski runs with trees in the way, the thing they are not taught to do is watch out for the trees. Why? They found if skiers constantly tell themselves “watch...
F.A.D.

F.A.D.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was a summer camp counselor at a gymnastics camp and responsible for a cabin of 11 year old girls. These kids were on the camp owner’s gymnastics team during the school year so they all knew each other. They operated like a pack...