America is unknowable…but it has a smell?
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If 2020 was a slide
I learned this by having children: risk is what makes things fun. Playgrounds are fun because that’s where we can play with gravity within a limited degree of risk.
Continue readingChange as a great gift
Is change the only constant in life? Continue reading
Recommended summer reading
I like to travel. This summer, I will be an armchair tourist through 20 years of international family life. Continue reading
Heart Conditions
Why is change hard?
Maren 4.0: That’s Me
If I’ve learned anything in my life, it is that each day is an opportunity. And that ABBA’s music is timeless. Next week I will turn 40; let’s take a look back. Continue reading
Beauty for ashes
What does one do when things go wrong? Also known as “Adaptability, part 2″ and “Where does innovation begin, part 2″. Continue reading
Thanks, Mom
Sheri Dew wrote a great article about the influence of mothers last year. Continue reading
Adaptability
What are we made of, “Fantastic plastic stretch elastic”?* Continue reading
How to change the world
Sometimes it just takes a lollipop… and some faith in yourself. Continue reading