motivation

Plane nonsense.

Day 1,453 of my road trip. The stars have aligned and both children are sleeping. I have nothing cohesive to offer, but I do have some random thoughts. Thought: I see the world in terms of alignment — alignment being the term for how pieces relate to each other and the forces that these relationships create. Alignment can be between…read more →

About this blog, in 2013

Once upon a time (in 2007) this blog was written for about 20 people who had taken my certification course, as a way to answer questions, continue education, etc. Then, somewhere along the way, it became popular with people I’d never met. In places I’ve never been. Like Wisconsin. And Bulgaria. Which was both weird and extremely cool. Writing this…read more →

Card half empty or full?

I decided to make holiday cards this year, which is funny as I am the least crafty and creative person of all time. And while I adore hand-made things, I’ve never actually completed a project because I’d always rather be reading a journal article or studying a textbook or writing a blog post. I have a problem with any activity…read more →

Alignment, in a sentence.

They say that if you really know your stuff, you can write about it in very concise statements. Well, “They,” I accept that challenge and will attempt to answer the following questions from Facebook in one sentence, keeping in mind that my extensive science training has left absolutely no time to learn what constitutes a run-on-sentence and where it is…read more →