Discovering Porches: Chautauqua

by | Sep 15, 2018 | Inspiration

One of the things I love best is to hear stories about what inspires other people, what motivates them, and how their lives have changed. Very often they’ve also changed the lives of others too. This summer I was invited to Chautauqua as a speaker and guest to offer...

Wisdom in the Mountains

by | Jul 31, 2018 | Pursuing Dreams

These days my mind seems to wander always to my dissertation. There isn’t a moment when I’m not mulling over the challenges of isolation that astronauts will face on long duration space flights. I am working on a solution to demonstrate how a new AI (Artificial...

The Perfect Mother’s Day

by | May 22, 2018 | Pursuing Dreams

Last weekend was Mother’s Day. My daughter, Annie, and I decided to spend it together do something we loved: we went to the Sierra to go fly-fishing. Since she was a little girl, we have been fond of the ‘Range of Light’ mountain range. It was dubbed this by...

Getting Out of My Comfort Zone

by | Feb 5, 2018 | Pursuing Dreams

To all my readers, it is not a shock to hear me say that the best experiences of my life have come to me when I left my comfort zone. When I was a “stay at home mom” and I decided to take flying lessons I knew there’d be some uneasiness but the joy of flight was...