In this episode, I’m with my dear friend and co-host, Vicki Atkinson, and we are talking about the keys to success as collaborators. We talk about how openness and authenticity are necessary to be good partners. I bring my years of experience as a consultant for collaboration software to the table talking about the right … More Episode 63: Keys to Collaborative Success with Vicki and Wynne
Kids love to play dress-up. Educators tell us that imaginative play boosts problem-solving skills, creative thinking, and helps manage emotions. Kids create situations and scenes and then act them out. In the long run, they become well-adjusted adults. When I was a kid, I was pretty typical, I loved to play policeman, soldier, cowboys, and mimic … More Playing dress-up
Each morning, I sit at my desk, resist the temptation to log into WordPress, and jot whatever thoughts come to mind in a grey linen journal. I’ve tried to adopt a morning ritual and reintroduce habits that a decade ago I’d considered to be non-negotiable. I begin a yoga sequence and then panic that I’ll … More Mourning Ritual: A Place & Time For Finding Peace
In this episode, Vicki Atkinson and I are talking with author, podcaster, publisher, and former radio producer, Rick Kaempfer. Rick has recently published The Loop Files: An Oral History of the Most Outrageous Radio Station Ever. It’s a celebration of a time when radio, rock and roll, and comedy all came together. Here’s a great … More Episode 62: The Loop Files with Rick Kaempfer
In his recent Heart of the Matter podcast, Dr. Gerald Stein referenced the practice of Tikkun Olam, the name drawn from the Kabbalah to describe making a difference and healing the world. Part of a collective. A greater good. I have been unable to stop thinking about Tikkun Olam and found myself re-reading Dr. Rachel … More In Good Company
When we arrived at my favorite beach on Whidbey Island this past Friday afternoon, I just felt myself exhale. All the unidentified stuff that I’d been holding close seem to come out: The co-worker that is spinning out, the lawn repair that I try to squeeze in before we left, the residue from a too … More The Balance Between In and Out
I’m deeply grateful I’m allowed to contribute among this community. But I have very, very, shamefully infrequently availed myself of this opportunity I haven’t written much in the past year; not just blog posts, but much of anything. Plays, prose, shopping lists. I’m not fully sure why. But I’ve tentatively started again. So I hope … More Just a Quick Hello
In this episode, Vicki Atkinson and I are talking with author and blogger, Cheryl Oreglia. Cheryl has recently returned from attending the San Francisco writers conference. She shares her elevator pitch for her next book project. Here’s a sneak peek: She inspires us to keep writing by talking about the symbiotic relationship between the gatekeepers … More Episode 61: The Writers Conference with Cheryl Oreglia
I’m taking the opportunity this month to shamelessly share with you some of my new art. This body of work that I’ve just begun feels a lot more topical than much of my work, which tends to be very personal and can perhaps exclude my audience at times. I don’t ever mean it to exclude anyone, I just make what wants to be made, and often times, the work that wants to be made is just for me. This new work is quite personal as well, however, I believe it’s touching on themes that may also reach a broader audience, like you! … More How Safe Do You Feel At Home?
My wife had several children’s books sprayed across our kitchen table this week. Of course, I had to look at them. In that moment, I was nine- or ten-years-old again getting ready for elementary school and wolfing down my soggy cereal, while reading from whatever book gripped my attention that week. One of the books … More An open book
The Heart of the Matter 