by Kate | Sep 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
>My colleagues are excited because there is a new app for finding child care in Kentucky. A new item on my paid work to do list is to figure out how we would do something similar for Minnesota. It would be possible to build a mobile website with almost identical...
by Kate | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
>A few weeks ago I was out of the office and returned to find a note on my desk from a coworker: “I borrowed your computer.” My keyboard, which has been grubby and disgusting since I started work there five years ago, had been cleaned. I have, over...
by Kate | Aug 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
>Trees are my teachers.This morning I realized that the trees in our neighborhood are not, as I first thought, turning to their fall colors early.Rather, they are being eaten by Japanese Beetles. The beetles start eating at the top of the tree and work their way down....
by Kate | Aug 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
>I have been mulling over this feeling of being stuck I’ve had recently. The good news is that I feel like what Havi Brooks calls a “tiny sweet thing” is being born. The bad news is that stuck is an uncomfortable feeling. I have a (possibly...
by Kate | Jul 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
>I am in the middle of reading The Power of Full Engagement. It may be a life-changing book for me. Authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz normally work with world-class athletes and high-powered business people, but I suspect their ideas may be even more powerful for...
by Kate | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
>I haven’t written a blog entry since June 17. It feels like forever and just yesterday. At first, it seemed about “circumstances beyond my control.” My computer went belly up two weeks in a row. My workplace became crazy-busy preparing for a...
