Almost fifteen years ago my husband and I traveled to Florence from Paris on our honeymoon for the sole purpose of seeing the Statue of David by Michelangelo. After a very long night in a couchette …
Do You Miss The Seasons?
As we move around the globe and meet people physically or virtually, it becomes clear that everyone is experiencing the world from their corner. Before this journey, unless I was traveling to a …
Sometimes Not Doing Your Homework Is The Best Approach
I do not like to procrastinate. I do not like to be late. I do not think I ever left a homework assignment for completion on its due date. As a student and a teacher, I took research and pre-work very …
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Creating vs Producing in Tuscany’s Chocolate Valley
One of the things I love about the creative process is that it is harder to benchmark, measure, and quantify and therefore, it requires a leap of faith. It is much more difficult to understand a …
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Are You Spinning Your Wheels?
In July of 2001, I was on my honeymoon in Paris. I will never forget sitting in our quaint hotel room with faded walls and dusty rose curtains, watching French television early one evening. The …
How Flexible Are You?
In high school, I worked at a coffee shop that opened at 5:30 AM. If we opened at 5:35 AM there were disgruntled people waiting and complaining. My boss hammered into us the importance of timeliness …
