After working on dozens of special events like gala balls, weddings, music festivals, high-brow fundraisers, and kids' field days, I've come to learn
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Lady of a non-specific location
Our most aligned vantage point exists in our own inner space. But if you also see yourself in part through others' eyes things can get complicated.
The Next Generation
Today, I did something out of character. I showed up to volunteer for a PTO thing at my kids' former elementary school. For the record, my kids do not
The book in me
I think we all have a book in us. One that includes deep themes and our ancestral family mind. Includes thoughts we can access via time to intermingle
making one’s own language
Correspondence, energy, and how to gain self-awareness through making your language, your way. Actually, I'm working on more of symbol set, but
Just Ducky
The power in my house today is on, off, on, off, now on again. A transformer blew on a street by the same name as the River I love. My son is home
Relatable-ish: Mourning & Anticipation
I've been struggling to relate to the folks in my daily life, because I've stopped trying to "fit" into a role that I thought was easily understood in
The day you realize
In the past few years, I found myself saying lightheartedly, "you know, I am the center of my own universe. So are you. No one can be anything but
IT
I have had a love-hate relationship with the word "it" in all of its permutations. There, I admitted it. In my book, it is not exactly a Term of
Veiling & The Blues
On my walk today, I found a painted blue trail blaze on the ground. The tree it had been painted on had been stripped of much of its bark. I
Judging or Perceiving | Collector or Renunciate?
Dualistic Mindsets in Myers Briggs and other such things I have a judgy mind. And if you've done a Myers-Briggs test and landed squarely with a
Why I make my work freely available
plus a touch of fundraising I believe in the importance of public institutions, especially Public Libraries, Public Education, and Public Art.
Feeling Free on the Mother of all days
Sunday is Mothers Day and I'm going to try again to divest myself of all planned work, chores, conversations, and responsibilities; while avoiding
Ma-stalgia: a term of endearment for ascendant generations
Nostalgia as sign it's time to reboot our childlike sense of self, and how being states help us cope with a heightened sense of responsibility. My
Frequent, see?
A term of endearment post on Frequency My social media is full of coaches, teachers, and offerings which speak to the power of manifestation using
The Fairness Container
As a mom of a 12 and 15 year old, I often get to hear pissy words about fairness. Last week's rollick of a road trip, there were whining strains of
Popes, Psychics, Refugees, and the Power of Love
My mom called me first thing this morning: "Elizabeth, did you call me last night?" No mom. "Are you sure?" Maybe I did a butt dial.
St. Anthony and a Random Find
One day in 2023 I found this bit of jewelry on the ground, so I posted about it on my town's Facebook page, hoping the owner would contact me. I had a
As on the right, so on the left
where to rest and love when the world seems full of fight. Polarities are tough. I'm learning this to the nth degree these days. I'm talking the
intersection of marketing and operations: digital concierge
Key evaluations you need to make before you add any more digital marketing into your life. How many times has someone told you you need a
Got George Washington
And how attention to the present moment yields stories and signs. This rainy grey day, after dropping my son at school, I drove by Job Lot and
Channeling
Finding out your life has been running on a cacophony of ideas from everyone and everything you've ever heard, means you just woke up to your ability
Weaving as an act of wholeness
Do you have a way to engage in the things you loved doing as a child? How would you feel if you did? These last couple of months, I've decided
Duality: a coin parse
Inner Struggle, and a Flip Side of Self-identity About a year ago I went through a tough time. While reaching out, one of my more perceptive
Terms of Endearment – Imbue & Bodhi
This is a Terms of Endearment (TOE) post. These are words that keep coming up that I find myself re-defining for my own relief, amusement, and
Edge of Seventeen
Enjoying the full-bodied rebellion of peri-menopause, and the strength of youth. My well read (and generally badass) friend1 says to me the other
Large Scale Event Promotion: Showing Up
I've been doing large scale event promotion for over 20 years, and developed a very specific, choreographed approach that is not recorded elsewhere. I
High Commitment to a Low Standard
A way to make and sustain great habits. I'm pretty much sure we've all heard the adage "practice makes perfect." And then as adults we recognized
Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness
Focusing your attention on long-acting, feeling-based, style-specific questions can give you a richer and happier experience of life. What I love
Beginner’s Mind & Happier Times
WELCOME TO MY FIRST QUOTE-A-RAMA It's a relief to know that there was never a moment in my life when everything was perfect. There is no
Lies the AI tells me
Interacting with AI feels disturbing to me. Oddly slick and beautiful fake humans with 7 fingers aside, I think it's because there's no way to
Truth telling in little bits
Focus, the folly of first-ness, and how symbolic truth-telling connects us to our souls and each other. If any one artist works with the truth
Helping the Helpers: methodology and pitfalls
Like many people, I've wanted to make a huge positive impact, but unlike others, I haven't wanted to be directly acknowledged for doing it, because
Renaissance Warriors
I'm going to tell you right now that you are a modern day Renaissance Warrior. This is because you can do many, many things very well. This includes
Diversity
If we experience life through a lens where the people we deal with seem most like us, it's easy to think we have a leg up on navigating our world more
What if I can’t…
What to do when your values thwart change, and a footnote about how no-brand branding is already here. Ever feel woefully self-aware and stuck
Rebellion | emergence from dark into light
Why new voices from the subconscious matter to all of us. I admire teenagers and young people who rail against every day culture and bring new
Terms of Endearment – Patron
And notes on creativity as a practice. Patron = Pat Ron(an additional pat on the head to everyone who supports the work of
Nurse Maid Bird | Movie Mode
I shouldn't be happy when my 15 year old daughter is home sick, but I am. I delight in getting to take care of her because there are so few of these
