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Children’s Books Published!
Say something that matters.
Welcome to my blog! Sometimes I’ll offer advice about public speaking. Maybe I’ll tell you a story. Or perhaps I’ll make you laugh, teach you something interesting, or help you think a bit differently on a topic. Please consider subscribing so you don’t miss any of my posts.
Children’s Books Published!
Lifted Up Blog
From A Sheep’s Point Of View
Psalm 23 is one of the most common funeral readings in America. And no wonder. Its soothing visions of green pastures and still waters, of a banquet table prepared for us, of our cups being so filled that they overflow, well, these are comforting...
Repetition Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
I’m beginning to believe I may have a fixation on hands. When I read an article on NextAvenue.org about elderly people usually being portrayed photographically in the media by just their hands, I knew I wanted to write about it. But then I recalled...
How Much?
The tradition began when my first grandson was between two and three and could understand language. I would ask, “How much does Grammy love you?” His eyes would light up as I held up one hand and measure about an inch between my thumb and index...
Writing About Writing
My friend Betsy Anderson is part of a group that runs grief writing workshops. Her own daughter Caroline died in 1995 at the age of 16 from a sudden...
One Of These Is So Not Like The Others
One of the flower boxes on the back porch was filled with tangerine-color geraniums. Facing southwest, they received the full blessing of the sun’s...
I Will Always, I’ll Never, Without You
Without You is a song made famous by Harry Nilsson. Released in late 1971, the song was actually written by Peter Ham and Tom Evans of the rock and...
Open Wide!
The television show How It’s Made premiered on January 6, 2001. Currently, it runs on the Discovery Channel in Canada and the Science Channel in the...
A Sixth Sense That Makes Sense
If released in 2020, the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense would require a different title. You may recall that this movie featured a young boy who had an...
What’s On Your Path?
Like a warmup act for the main performer, a flower girl precedes the bride down the aisle. She typically scatters rose petals on the bride’s path....
The Cinderella Sense Gets Its Due
I knew my daughter Laura was gifted in the language arts arena before she was three. At the time our favorite shampoo was called Lamaur Apple...
The Problem With Magical Thinking
We might imagine that magical thinking is something the creative people at Disney do, as in “Magical Thinking in the Magic Kingdom.” But magical...