Back to School

Back to School

I  grew up out in the country and I always loved the long winding walk down the driveway to meet the bus for that first day of school each year.   There was something about the crisp fall air, freshly sharpened pencils, and squeaky new shoes that filled me with...
Listening through distinctions

Listening through distinctions

“We live in the world our questions create.”   ~~   David Cooperrider Remember Sam, the business owner who couldn’t understand why his people didn’t simply ‘just listen” to him? His first step to remedy that situation was to learn to pause. His second step involved...
A Sunday Conversation

A Sunday Conversation

Up early on Sunday, coffee in one hand, newspaper in the other, we sat at the kitchen table, reading.  It’s our regular routine, though this Sunday mom was in town, joining us in our weekend ritual. Given the chaos of the last year—the presidential election, the...