Bradley visited his hairstylist, today. He’s been a great customer at Yorktown Pet Grooming for his entire life – 14 years! I love it when he comes home, handsome and ready to play. On a sad note, my brother put his dog, Boo, to sleep this week. She was nearly 15 and had beaten cancer …
Carol Dweck, the author of “Mindset,” discusses two different states of being we humans tend towards: fixed mindset and growth mindset. One of our school programs, “I Can: The Grit snd Growth Mindset Show,” uses Dweck’s findings to teach upper elementary and, now, middle schoolers about these terms and how understanding and applying them can …
Are you a workaholic? I am a recovering one. Some days, I’m able to enjoy the sweetness of life and other days I feel compelled to disregard everything but forward progress. On those days I am a human doing, not a human being. Luckily, my body sends very strong signals when I fall into this …
I am tired, oh, so tired. We have been burning the candle at both ends. This week and last, we’ve been rehearsing for new gigs, getting up very early to travel and play and then do it all again the next day. This “work” thing is much harder than I remembered! Of course, we’ve been …
One of the alternatives to full-hookup, RV parks ($50 per night, on average) is staying in a friend’s driveway for a period, instead. This has pluses and minuses. The pluses include saving money, trying something different than the RV park and spending some quality time with friends. The minuses are losing some or all of …
Yesterday, we took the John Lennon Real Love Project to a new type of venue in the Bronx. Just as Rosemarie D’Amicio, our contact at the school, predicted – John’s messages of equality, peace and love were a fine match for this school’s culture. The students and teachers took to re-writing the lyrics of Lennon’s …
When I think of the places I’ve lived or visited in my life, I picture the buildings, the roads or the people first. But when I think of what I felt about each place, I invariably return to the environment – the sights and smells that I experienced walking outside of the home. I’m a …
A few days ago, we pulled into Katonah, New York – just 10 minutes away from our former home in Yorktown Heights. We’re parked in the driveway of our good friends, Sandi and Paul, while we do a bunch of gigs in the area and visit with friends and family. Was it weird to come …
Tech Update Welcome to our new virtual home! Previously, the Adventure was on a website called Blogger which was a great place to begin the journey. Eventually, though, we learned that to provide subscribers with the best experience, we needed to move to a new site. Like most things in my life, I received some …
I’m sitting in our pickup truck with Bradley. Beth is rehearsing with her Threshold Choir. We are at a place called Rosary Hill in Hawthorne, New York. This post is a test, an opportunity to see if the new WordPress site is functioning properly. I suppose it could be a little more than that, so …