Finishing what I start: it’s not my strongest suit, I’ll admit. But somehow I didn’t realize how bad it had gotten till tonight. I opened my laptop and realized I’ve started writing, then abandoned, eight unrelated blog entries. Did I go through and systematically finish each one? Nope. Decided to start #9 here instead. My … More Failing to Follow Through
Most everyone dreams about taking trips to exotic, far-flung locations, of having bucket-list-level, Instagram-worthy adventures in foreign lands. But what’s never remembered in those rainy-Tuesday-morning-at-the-office daydreams is that in order to reach your ideal destination, you must first pass through a special gateway of suffering and purgatory, otherwise known as the airport. Airports are strange … More Failure to Launch
One of the very first things you learn in the classrooms and hallways and playgrounds of the public schools of America is you’re a loser if you love school. I mean—being exposed to new ideas that might forever change the way you look at the world, learning to do things you didn’t think you could … More Back-to-School Bliss
Maria Linn 