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Mar 28, 2018
2 min

The Lost Constellations Series

It all started with Steve the cat. One day while scrolling Instagram, I came across a photo of Steve sprawled across a lint-covered yoga ...

Mar 4, 2018
2 min

The Adolescence of Living

I passed through the awkward age of adolescence a long time ago. What exactly it means to be "mature," I'm still not sure, but I do reme...

Feb 14, 2018
1 min

Reframing the World

Have you ever heard someone that you identified with so closely that you thought, "YES! That's me! That's the way I think, too!" I had on...

Jan 30, 2018
3 min

The Opportunity to Care

Is there a meaning for everything that happens? People far more spiritual and intelligent than I have debated this question for centuries...

Jan 3, 2018
2 min

This is What I Believe to be True

On New Year's Eve I found this in an old notebook dated May 12, 2015. I had written it several weeks before I found out I needed back sur...

Dec 19, 2017
3 min

Delusions of Grandeur - part 3

A continuation of thoughts and lessons I received from my three trips last month: selling pet portraits at the UFLI national flyball cham...

Dec 6, 2017
3 min

Delusions of Grandeur - part 2

A continuation of thoughts and lessons I received from my three trips last month: selling pet portraits at the UFLI national flyball cham...

Nov 21, 2017
2 min

Delusions of Grandeur - part 1

I'm behind on posting this month because I've been traveling - a lot! The third weekend of October my husband and I traveled to Purina Fa...

Oct 29, 2017
2 min

The Gift of a Name

Last weekend I was at the UFLI (United Flyball League International) national championships at Purina Farms in Missouri. It was similar t...

Oct 16, 2017
2 min

Sales and Learning How to Ask

In selling art (and all sales-based businesses), there is a technique called "asking for the sale." It's something I'm terrible at. The p...

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