Joanna Penn’s Olympic Challenge

In this week’s Creative Penn podcast Joanna Penn challenged her listeners to review their past career leaps based on the four-year Olympic cycles, then project our goals into the future. What a fun challenge! Year to year changes seem small, but when you look at...

Y is for Saying YES to New Experiences

Normally, I’m listening to advice on how to say “no.” Like most people, my life tends to fill up pretty quickly, and I find that I am running from one event to the next, or cramming too much work into too small a time frame. Can you relate? But then...

Spring Break Fun at the Memphis Zoo

We studied Egypt earlier this school year so a trip to Memphis, Tennessee was a nice alternative to traveling to the real Egypt. Just think: a pyramid (overlooking the Mississippi instead of the Nile), and hieroglyphs, and an obelisk all in one handy spot!  ...

How to Get a Good Head Shot Photo

The time has come to say goodbye to “Statue Girl.” She has been my avatar since I first started blogging at Routines for Writers back in 2008. She is my Gravatar. My Twitter feed. Even my little-used Facebook girl. I like her because she is a fairly...