Notebook

My Notebook features over 500 posts across over twenty years, covering everything from movies to ethics to personal stories to random links. Browse recent Notebook entries below, or use the category buttons or search to go deeper. The “Clip File” category contains my favorite writing.

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  • Practice Makes Progress

    “Practice makes progress” As a lifelong perfectionist (and as someone living with OCD – yes that was diagnosed by a psychologist, not TikTok) this phrase hit me hard when my excellent career coach Martha Schmidt shared this with me earlier today. Many of you are probably well familiar with this advice by now. For me,…

    Practice Makes Progress

  • Techonomy Detroit 2013


  • Apple picking 2013


  • Peanuts before bed


  • Homemade salsa

    Made by Heidi, tomatoes by our neighbor Lisa


  • Snack break

    While bike riding and exploring the woods


  • Harvest breakfast


  • Message to the young man


  • Delicious breakfast


  • A boy and his cat


  • Blueberry fields