little big things

little big things - scallop shell in sand on a sunny beach - The Best Advice So Far My last blog entry was posted over a month ago. It’s not for lack of trying, I just haven’t been able to write. I don’t mean to say that I’ve been too busy to write; I mean that I haven’t been able to…

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it is what it is(n’t)

hand-drawn 3D fried egg - Sushant Rane So that fried egg in the image above … it’s not real. Nope. The original isn’t a photograph, either, nor was it digitally created. In actuality, it was hand drawn – completely flat, shadows and all – by Sushant Rane, a 19-year-old kid from…

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how i vote

how to vote - The Best Advice So Far - red elephant and blue donkey head-to-head I vote. During each of the seven previous presidential elections that has occurred since I turned 18, I have voted. I will do so again come election 2016. However, in these nearly 30 years of adulthood, only once have I ever told anyone how I…

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say my name

say my name - The Best Advice So Far - graffiti big mouth on brick wall When’s the last time you had a real honest-to-goodness “aha!” moment? For me, it was quite recently. It was so simple that I wondered how I’d missed it up until now. And yet it was so profound that I actually felt the…

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when you wish

when you wish - silhouette of boy reaching for star - The Best Advice So Far I love the idea of wishes coming true. To this day, whenever I hear the original 1940s version of “When You Wish Upon A Star,” I’m transported back to 1975, a wide-eyed boy of seven or so, kneeling in my pajamas in front…

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when the dust settles

when the dust settles - bedroom window - morning dust motes - The Best Advice So Far I’ve been conspicuously absent for the last month. I figured, when the dust settles, I’ll explain everything. I’m ready to do that now. Heading into 2016, I realized that I’d gotten myself into a…

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first things first

first things first - The Best Advice So Far In a recent post, I laid out my thoughts and plan for refocusing my time and energy at the start of this new year. So far, I’m pleased to say that, while I haven’t yet completely extricated myself from previous commitments I'd made,…

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behind the scenes

director's chair in spotlight I did something Thursday that I’d never done before (a practice of which I’m a huge advocate and practitioner). I was a guest on a live YouTube interview. I’ve spoken live a thousand times, and I’ve been interviewed by phone and on the radio.  I’ve…

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