Tag: talk

• Musing about Success

  

  This week I spoke to two individuals on the topic of success. The first, a mother of two in her late forties, for her the concept of success had much to do with her husband and her children, “ultimately, if our children are settled and are good human beings then my life has been successful.” […]

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  21 Feb 2019

  Academic, Audience, Awareness, diversity, Education, Gender, Parenting, Read, Story, Travel

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• Summer Walks and Autumn Leaves

  

  This summer I have enjoyed many long walks with my ten-year-old son Bambi and the discussions have meandered from Roblox Jailbreak to Alvin and the Chipmunks. We have intensely unpacked and debated over the nuances of gaming technology and storyboards as well as arcs of narration in movies. To the extent that we have drawn out […]

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  23 Sep 2017

  Customer Review, Food, Parenting, Photography, Story, Travel

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• A walk through Amstel Park

  

  “Is it summer yet?” “I think so.” “How would you know?” “Well it is that time of the year.” “What if you did not have a calendar?” “It is warm, the sky is clear, the ducks are having ducklings, the flowers are out, and the trees have leaves.” “That’s just a good day.” “When you […]

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  9 Jun 2014

  Photography, Story, Travel

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