St. Patrick's Day 2026 It's been a few weeks since I shared anything from here. Today, a tradition from my kids childhood floated up, it seemed to be the perfect nudge to post again. In my journaling classes, I teach the power of recording memories and legacies. Citing if you don't write them or tell them, no one but you will know them. Tonight, my own soapbox came to find me. While sharing dinner together, my adult progeny began discussing Leprechaun Traps. For years, their childhood was...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair... - Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities" Yesterday, ushered in my 62nd year. I rejoice that I have spent 61 years experiencing life. By many accounts, my life is privileged. On that I would...

Today, in the United States, we host a holiday for a man who used words to paint a picture of a life unseen in his era. He like many larger-than-life leaders crafted imagery and energy with words. This is storytelling at its finest. He was not the first, nor will he be the last. Countless men and women through the ages have shaped our todays with their words. Now it is our turn. Not every storyteller was famous, or larger than life. Nor on a mission to create change. Many of the best...