Writing

Last July I wrote a post about turning your dreams into realities.  That was right before I set off on my trip to Indonesia, which brought some of my dreams about world travel to life. Traveling to Indonesia per se wasn’t one of my dreams; rather, it was the embodiment of pushing myself forward...

Education “reformers” are as thick as overcooked oatmeal these days. It seems as though there is a never ending supply of experts willing to expound on how to fix all there is that is out of whack with the educational system. While there are issues with the educational system, from the youngest in Kindergarten...

The promise of online education has been in the air for quite some time now. So far, it hasn’t hit the big time in the public higher ed realm. That may be changing, especially in California. In his State of the State address, Gov. Brown laid out his vision for California for the next...

I fell asleep last night with what felt like an insight on the relationship between creativity and ability to manifest the life you want.  Let's see if it can withstand the scrutiny of the light of day.  It's this:  the act of creativ...

  I’m so excited to be speaking at Courage Worldwide’s Global Sex Trafficking Summit, The Response, in February!   If you’ve been here for a while, you know how I first got involved with the issue of child trafficking. And you know how helping at Courage Worlwide has changed my life, and my dreams. The...

Click.Print.Another chapter.Drafted!To mark the occasion, I've thought up Thursday 13 ways I'm going to CELEBRATE when the entire dissertation is done (not including jumping for joy, screaming HALLELUJAH!, sleeping, cleaning my office, etc.) In no part...

As an assistant (AKA: Literary agent in training) for a well-respected literary agency in San Francisco, I read a lot of queries.And by a lot -- I mean hundreds. A week.One thing I like to remind people of is that rules for submission are there for you...

After my dentist diagnosed what he called a "crazy rare" class six cavity (whatever that means), I felt a lot like Ambrose here. Photo credit.Happy Friday! Hope your New Year is off to a brilliant start. Yours truly has endured two protracted dent...

I always have a bit of a holiday let down.  December is a big month for me: the start of ski season, my birthday, and of course, Christmas.  Add in teaching junior high during this month full of expectation, and by the time Dec. 31 rolls around, I’m done. In other words, I’m not...

A recent letter to the editor in the Sacramento Bee proposed that teachers should work a 12 month year, like everyone else. First, before the chorus begins about the antiquated “agrarian schedule” myth, it is just that, a myth. A popular one to be sure, but it’s wrong. The last agrarian schedule that any...