Do Nothing?

The pandemic has brought us many things—some good, some bad. Two things I hear people talking about more often now are burnout, mainly with work-life, and bore-out, mainly with home-life. The constant continuum of “never” leaving our homes has made life...

A Roll of the Dice

The other day, Doug and I were playing a a really fun game called, Shut the Box, with our friends, the Ryans, who introduced the game to us. It’s a very simple game to learn, and luck does play a role, but you absolutely need to implement a strategy if you want...

Love Will Find A Way

My daughter, Devon, just started fostering a dog. The dog’s name is Big Johnny and he arrived in DC on Saturday. His backstory is that he was essentially homeless. He lived at a gas station in Tennessee and the town basically adopted him by feeding him as they...

Motivational Monday!

Doug and I spent this past weekend in Vermont. The foliage was absolutely breathtaking. The weather was perfect—picturesquely sunny fall days and crisp, clear nights with star-filled skies. And this was available to everyone—free of charge. That’s the beauty of...

Friday’s Quote

“It’s usually best to be generous with praise and cautious with criticism.” Anonymous You’ve heard this quote before, right? Me, too. It might even be one of those things that belongs under the heading, “Everything we need to know we learned in kindergarten.” We may...