This opera alludes to the Roman legend of the Aeneid. It tells the story of the Trojan warrior Aeneas who’s ship is blown off course on his way to Italy. He lands instead in Carthage where he meets Queen Dido and falls in love. Dido is skeptical, to say the least. Continue reading I Kinda Sing Opera Now
Wanting to try your hand at Instagram Live, but the nerves are kicking in? Here share my experience so far and offer some practical steps to help you get more comfortable behind that camera. Continue reading Try Something New: Instagram Live
Every time I think I know everything reality smacks me in the face. But trying new things has its rewards. Continue reading I’m a Professional Everything
A few days ago, I posted here about my inability to settle into one passion in life. There’s a name for it. It’s called being a multipotentialite, and it’s pretty awesome if you know how to handle it. Here’s help. Continue reading Multipotentialites Can’t Settle On Just One Passion, and That’s Okay
Around 500 years ago, the god among men, Leonardo Da Vinci, painted the Mona Lisa. It’s a work of artistic brilliance. Brushstrokes disappear. Anatomical features are detailed with striking accuracy. Da Vinci blurs the background and gives Lisa the spotlight. She is close up and face-to-face. Light and shadow playing around her. This painting raised the bar for master painters and changed the way that … Continue reading What the Mona Lisa Can Teach Us About Life
There’s something about the word journey. It’s just always good. Even a journey into the depths of hell seem to hold promise of something better on the other side. Continue reading Something About a Journey
And, yes, even now, there’s no lack of crap. I know that this is a shocking revelation, but some of the so-called literature in many grade school literature books is crap squeezed between two covers. Continue reading Required Reading: Autobiographies & Memoirs
If you haven’t read my previous post on why this camping trip is going down, then check it out here. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to be honest. Last week, I was desperate for some sort of flashing beacon of hope that my son wouldn’t be swallowed up by life’s forces. Probably worse, that he would be living in my house jobless and addicted to … Continue reading This Weekend Camping with the Kids
A few years ago, I would’ve described myself as an eternally optimistic go-getter. I actually wasn’t that at all, but that was the way that I saw myself. A spontaneous adventurer. The reality is that I was afraid of taking chances. Real chances. I was terrified of failure. Any type of failure. Especially public failure. But there came a point when I started realizing that … Continue reading I’d Rather Crash and Burn, Spontaneously
For many, many years I felt guilty about something. It was a secret that I shared with only my closest friends. The dark secret was this: I didn’t feel comfortable in the role of motherhood. The idea of being a mom scared the woman out of me. This is natural, you may be saying. How about this? Even after I became a mom, I didn’t … Continue reading A Natural Parent.
i w a n n a b e a l a d y 