The Story Economy Blog
- My husband grew up moving around constantly. His dad helped build plants for Procter & Gamble all over the South, so from the time he was six until the time he was 16, his family moved every year. That meant a new school every year, a new baseball…Read More
- Posted in UncategorizedI was an English major nerd, so writing papers was, you know, fun. It was fun because I got to make stuff up. There was always this moment after I had read the book or poem or essay, when it was time to let the little piece of inspiration drop into…Read More
- Posted in UncategorizedI’m having an inappropriate email relationship with someone. It started out innocently enough. But now, there’s coyness and innuendo. One of us is playing hard to get, and the other one has much, much higher expectations. I know that it won’t end…Read More
- When I was 10, this picture of me appeared in the newspaper. A newspaper photographer came to the gymnastics meet I was in that Saturday and took a bunch of shots. The shot of me made it, and Monday at school, I was a minor celebrity for a day. The…Read More
- Posted in UncategorizedIt’s funny how you get what you’re looking for in the middle of looking for something else altogether. It happens all of the time. It’s just rare that we pay attention. Let me explain. Yesterday, I had a meeting that involved a long car…Read More