Stepping back into the fray

Many of you know I've been an adjunct instructor for the journalism school in our town since 2006, teaching a capstone lab for seniors going into strategic communications. And, some of you know I stepped away from this gig after the graduating class of 2018 due, in part, to Entrepreneur's cancer and his challenges with …

One Word for 2017

This ended up being a long post, so grab a cuppa and get comfy. I hope to see you all at the end. Back in 2015 I started choosing One Word for the new year instead of those pesky resolutions that are always broken before the snow thaws in the spring. In 2015 Entrepreneur was facing …

Time definitely doesn’t wait for anyone

Texture by Kim Klassen: chill magic, 100% soft light To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. …

Teach. Evaluate. Adjust. Repeat.

The first part of May ended my 8th year as an adjunct instructor for the journalism school in town. And while some years seem more successful than others, every year offers new insights into the minds of twenty-somethings, who are less than 15 weeks away from being unleashed onto the advertising industry. This is their …

Bloom wildly

Textures by Kim Klassen: Edith, 65% screen; Elevate 100% soft light Selectively erased the center buds and applied a vintage action Live Simply. Bloom Wildly. Blooming wildly is something, I'm sure we all want to do. But how? How do we live up to the potential we know we have, deep down inside ourselves? How …