Author: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson
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Why Don’t You Stop?
The sun picked out this dandelion and made it bright with its rays. I noticed and inside I said, “Wow!” But I ran on. Another prod came. “Why don’t you stop…and take a picture?” I strode purposefully on but began to waver. Two workmen painting the curb red for No Parking were ready to help…
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Project 52
This is kind of like Project 365 where you take a picture a day but different. I committed to read one book a week in 2016. That’s 52 books. Yikes! But that means once a month I can share the bounty! This first fine month of January I read: Shonda Rhimes’ The Year of Yes: How to…
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In Pursuit of Dreams
Whether young or old, you’ll never have more time than you have today. So, all those things you’ve been meaning to do. You should do them. I’ve been saying I want to brew beer. But I wasn’t taking any tangible steps. So last summer, I bought an extract kit, went to a UC Davis brewing short course and gave…
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7 Takeaways from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
I love this book. Read it twice in 2 weeks and am making some serious changes as a result. My key takeaways along with a very impressive illustrative quote from Gilbert: 1. Be your own patron. “To yell at your creativity, saying, ‘You must earn money for me!’ is sort of like yelling at a cat; it has…
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Learn Better
I was curious. Learning better seemed like a great skill to have today. So I picked up Surprising Truth About How, When and Where We Learn and Why it Happens by Benedict Carey (2014). He integrates very old (1874) and newer studies (up to 2012) about various learning topics. I read the book, despaired of…
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The Triangle of Self-Leadership
I ran into an interesting concept while reading The Restless Executive: Reclaim Your Values, Love What You Do and Lead with Purpose by career coach Jo Simpson. The concept is The Triangle of Self-Leadership. The Triangle of Self Leadership has 3 sides: Self-Care: You (apply your value) to You Service: You (apply your value) to Others Surrender:…
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Brewing Lessons
We cracked open the first bottle of a Honey Porter that I brewed about a month ago. And it tasted GOOD! That was a first. The previous batch of beer tasted worse than sour. This one tasted like beer AND like a porter. Double bonus! Brewing is very time consuming on brew day and despite…
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I Know This Place
I heard someone once say that they had to run a place before they “knew” it. At first, I snorted, thinking this was overwrought but today, I compared that pronouncement to my experience during my run through Rancho San Antonio park. Parking is always a hassle so I go in a back way following the…
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Meditative Motion
I walk to lunch during the week out of necessity and trail run on the weekend out of joy to allow space and time to catch a glimpse of what I think. And to stand back and peer closer to see what I think about what I think. It’s time to listen to myself, and sometimes…
