Adding a Little Zip

Adding a Little Zip

What’s the perfect outing for someone who has a mild anxiety about heights? Zip lining of course. My friend Shirley decided she was going to celebrate her 70-somethingth birthday with something new and exciting. She sent out the zip lining adventure invitation...
Jeopardy and the Rounding Error

Jeopardy and the Rounding Error

The TV game show Jeopardy is advertising the latest on-line test to become a contestant. It’s coming up on March 28. My husband has been urging me to register and I’ve been “forgetting”. Last night I figured out why. It’s not that I was...
Schedule It and It Will Happen

Schedule It and It Will Happen

Not quite “Build it and they will come” but the best I can do on this Saturday morning. If you read back in my posts you’ll encounter a number of articles about play and at least one where I express my ambition to speak and teach on the subject. That...
In Defense of the Doodle

In Defense of the Doodle

Is doodling a dying art? With the proliferation of iPads, smart phones and other personal electronic devices, we spend less and less time with a pen or pencil (or in my case, a crayon) in hand. Sit in on any business meeting and at least one person will be frantically...