Thoughts and Prayers

One of the all time classics goes like this. A fellow was out hiking some Arizona mountain trails all by himself. He reached the top of a mesa, walked over to the other side, then slipped and fell over the edge. Fortunately for him there was a scrub ironwood tree growing out of the otherwise […]

Now you see it

people walking on green grass field under blue sky during daytime

Over the past week I’ve talked to several people about thinking in pictures. Some of them got it right away, some not so much. Those who “got it” included artists, quilters, crocheters, and athletes. All of those are what we often call “creatives.” As for artists, whether they work in oils or marble, we understand […]

Good Thinking

“I think I can — I think I can — I think I can.” For more than a hundred years children around the world have read those words, spoken by “a little engine.” I was one of them. In fact our copy, which lived in the room my brother and I shared, was close enough […]