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We all know the word, but for some it’s, how do the kids say it these days?…cringey. For whatever reason, “networking” sometimes evokes images of white collar cutthroats, comparing business card watermarks a la “American Psycho,” touting their latest achievements, all while figuring out how to best use one another

Here goes.   Back in May, I was preparing for our annual family reunion, held every other year at the Chinn farm in Kansas. Every year we hold an auction to raise funds for the folloing year’s reunion. The exhortation this year was to bring something that would really create

Gardening is a metaphor for life. Particularly composting. I see so many parallels to my voiceover career as I walk out to my compost pile every day. A good compost bin requires green (fresh) and brown (dead) material in order to thrive. Chicken poop/cow manure counts as green, interestingly enough.

I’ve had this article brewing in my mind for several weeks now. We moved to Atlanta a little over one year ago. It was our first time being “on our own,” having just retired from the Air Force. It was suddenly our responsibility to choose a home base, which is

There I was, trying to fill in the gaps of my resume. I think more people have been there than would readily admit. Imagine my surprise then when I typed in “Stay-at…” and a drop down menu appeared with the phrase “Stay-at-Home Mom.” What?! LinkedIn actually classifies that as a

On creating this website, one of the first questions asked was, “What is your tagline?” Meaning, how do I brand my product?   As I sat down to discover my brand, I noticed something very interesting. A simple correlation between this article from Forbes.com, and one of the very first

I’ve never been a big fan of the ocean. It’s big and terrifying and I grew up in landlocked Colorado. Water was for fishing, not swimming. On March 11th, 2011, I was 9 months pregnant and living in northern Japan. I was walking down the stairs when a semi slammed

Do you see that picture? I was happily cleaning my kitchen (truly, it was enjoyable because it was quiet…ah the bliss!) when I turned and saw that my four-year-old had selected my favorite magnet from the black hole that is my towel drawer to proudly hang his own depiction of

A number of years ago, I had to go through an interview in order to be admitted to an acting class put on by my city’s premier casting director. I was initially surprised. “Doesn’t the guy just want to make money like everyone else? Why would he care who was

I stood woefully staring at the shiny red Mustang in our driveway.     “It’s screaming at me, ‘You’ll never have children!’” We were newlyweds and my husband had bought the car while he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy. It was beautiful and built for speed. We drive a

I dreamed the other night that I was in a room full of people and blurted out “Friendless!” in the voice of Vizzini from “The Princess Bride.” Everybody then got on board and started talking about the movie, but I just quietly slipped into the kitchen. Then I realized that

A basic principle I learned recently and have been trying to put into practice–you may think you don’t have enough time to finish something, much less even begin pursuing it. The reason is, you probably don’t. None of us really do. It is a myth to think that one day