Happy World Theater Day, especially to all the awesome theater-loving people that I have worked on shows with and those who have seen our shows. This year it feels particularly right to observe World Theater Day, as this year marks the 15th anniversary of when I got involved with community theater with our church’s production…

I just had a blog fail. Okay, “fail” is probably a little dramatic, but I definitely committed a blog blunder.  What, you may be wondering, did I do? Did I publish something insensitive that might get me in trouble with people I work with, or worse yet, something that would get me in trouble with…

Dear Toad,  How are you? I am fine.  I’m writing you a letter because I am inspired by the Frog and Toad story “The Letter.” I have a goal of writing a blog post based on every one of the Frog and Toad stories. This is my 14th post in the challenge! You may wonder what…

I admit it. I’m a little desperate. I did something I’m rather embarrassed to go public with. I Googled “birthday blog prompts.” Ideas that I discovered (and rejected, at least for now) include “Recap your birthday celebrations,” and “Celebrities you share a birthday with” and “Birthday dinner make-up tips” (I’m not even quite sure what…

I ran today for the first time in 2022! More than that, this was my first run since Dec. 24, 2021–over TWO MONTHS ago! It feels really good to run again after so long, and reassuring to know that I still can run, but it was also disheartening. I just did a short run–a little…

Our congregation officially said Goodbye to our church building today. We’ve sold our building at 6565 Oakley Drive, Fridley. We’ve sold our building so we can look for a different building that’s bigger, more accessible, more flexible, and that better meets our needs. It’s a positive and exciting step.  Of course, it’s also a bittersweet…

I can easily fall prey to expecting the worst. Overall, I think I’m an optimistic person, but I can get wrapped up in What Ifs–as in “What if this awful or annoying or stupid thing happens?” I was certainly on the What If Express recently after our server gave our credit card to another couple.…

Mark Twain said the famous “Dance like nobody’s watching…” quote? Really?! I’ve heard this inspirational exhortation a million times, and just assumed it was an anonymous and rather cheesy feel good saying invented by a marketing team to put on coffee mugs and wall hangings. Not that it doesn’t have merit. In fact, I Googled…

I’m wondering about wonder. Yesterday I came across the essay “The Wonder of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult” by Sarah S. Davis. The title immediately grabbed my interest as I’m a big fan of reading childrens’ books.  As I perused the essay, I was most struck by this line “To seek wonder is an…