Attention Needed
Photo Credit: Col Ford and Natasha de Vere “Our attention is pure energy. It transforms whatever it comes into contact with,” writes David Servan Schrieber. “Animals and children know this far better...
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Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, taken c. 1880 Last summer, a writing professor asked me if I wanted to know the key to her success. Her articles and essays appear in a list of impressive...
View ArticleThe Empty Table
My husband and I recently achieved the pinnacle of our domestic lives together. We cleared the counter in our laundry room. It was like jumping into a time machine back to the spring of 2008 just...
View ArticleTaking a Leap
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso When I decided to work at home while taking care of my kids, a few well-meaning older women warned me...
View ArticleWorking At Home With Kids: A Survival Guide
When I decided to work at home a few years ago, a lot of people thought I was crazy. “You can’t work at home with little kids,” more than a few told me. On occasion (think: screaming toddler,...
View ArticleHow to Surround Yourself with Brilliance
Photo by Joshua Rothhaas When I told my dad, a freelance writer for more than 30 years, that I was going to make a go at freelancing in 2009, he joked that I might try “something more remunerative,...
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