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
I’m a super playful person…a goof…and am most often considered the whackiest among my friend group. And yet, I still struggle to recognize the importance of play when it comes to creativity, and even down time. For me, I have a really easy time getting playful when I’m in the company of others. But when … More Playing is Part of the Process
I am the least tech-savvy person I know. Honestly. The hubster and DD – darling daughter – know that left on my own, I’d need to survive without Wi-fi and all the other accoutrements of life in the digital…oh so digital…age because I think most tech innovations are part of a magical mystery tour…all psychedelic … More Let the Doodling Commence 😉
The Heart of the Matter 