Telling Secrets

I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. – Fredrick Buechner

Tuesday, February 04, 2025

St. Patrick’s Breastplate, as Applied to the Workplace

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Once again, I find myself in a women’s group at church led by stay-at-home moms, who, along with retired women, often form the largest demog...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

A Master Class in Happiness: Finnspiration

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The headline caught my eye—as headline writers and their algorithms always hope.  I took Finland’s free masterclass on happiness: Here are 3...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Learning as a Gradual Dazzle

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As a kid I studied and memorized reams of poetry. Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, e.e. cummings, Robert W. Service, and more. For social capi...
Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Third Grade and School Singalongs

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It was 1979, and if there was one thing that was great about being a third grader at Burton Elementary School is was all the singing. The t...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

I Used to Read: Update

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Since the end of July I've been pursuing a different strategy when it comes to reading. I'm requesting more paper books through the ...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

"I used to love reading..."

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In 2017, reader and writer Philip Yancey published a blog post titled Reading Wars . It it he confesses: "I am going through a pers...
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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Don’t Go There: Travel & the Problem of Over-tourism

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“The question is, do you want to go to a place – or show people you’ve been to the place?”  —Eduardo Santander, E xecutive Directo...
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Marti
I play with words, travel the world, meet people, listen to stories, live by faith, read all the time, and write about what I see and hear. This blog is a place where you can find observations on this life. My views are not necessarily those of my organization, though so far they are tolerant of my quirks. So is my husband, Chris: In May 2012 I left behind a lifetime of singleness to become a wife and stepmother.
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