On episode #75 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss last week's book launch event. We also direct…

A suggestion: With one month to go before the end of 2019, take stock of your previous year. Throughout the year, I keep a running list entitled “Moments of Note”…

Check it out! My commercials! Well, not exactly mine, but I worked on the team that created these Prius commercials. I consult on occasion with advertising agencies, helping to provide…

Each month I review the progress of my yearly goals and report on that progress as a means of holding myself accountable. Here are the results for November. This is…

Charlie surprised us yesterday by swallowing a marble. While I was in the shower and Elysha was on her laptop, ordering furniture, Charlie screamed, ran past Elysha, and then quickly…

On episode #74 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, we air the launch of Matthew Dicks's latest novel "Twenty-one Truths About Love." The episode features stories about the publishing of…

Charlie came home from school yesterday with an art project turkey, which I‘ve always found a little odd. We ask small children to create happy versions of a bird they…

On episode #74 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, we air the launch of Matthew Dicks's latest novel "Twenty-one Truths About Love." The episode features stories about the publishing of…

In a period of about three minutes: Clara, age 10, asked me to turn down the temperature upstairs. “I’m not getting that crisp, fall feeling that I enjoy this time…