Go! Explore!

Adventure is a necessary ingredient for a life well lived. Adventure doesn’t require that we see new things, but rather that we see the same things from new angles or different perspectives. It doesn’t require that we visit far away places, but rather that we visit near places with renewed enthusiasm. It doesn’t require that we have new experiences, but rather that we have common experiences with new appreciation.

Inspired by Keri Smith’s How to be An Explorer of the World, here are some of my best and favorite tips:

1. Look where you are walking.
2. Smile at flowers.
3. Touch.
4. People watch.
5. Visit familiar places like it’s your first time.
6. Smell.
7. Pay attention to the stories that are unfolding around you.
8. Take a different path.
9. Order something off the menu that you don’t usually get.
10. Overcome your blindness. Everything is fascinating - take a closer look.
11. Listen.
12. Turn right instead of left. Or left instead of right.
13. Take time to see what’s going on around you. Sit on a park bench.
14. Taste.
15. Turn the TV off.
16. Spend five minutes looking at something “ordinary” like a spoon or blade of grass.
17. Pet dogs.
18. See.
19. Compare and contrast. Notice the interconnectedness. Observe patterns.
20. ?

I couldn’t think of a number 20. Maybe you can? Leave your suggestions in the comments!

"It was a horse!"

You have no idea how excited I am for Thursday night!!! I will be traveling to Chicago with three dear friends to see the performance of a lifetime!

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, The Tony Award winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal, is coming to Chicago!

In what is a huge theatrical feat, audiences will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Chaim Topol, star of the original motion picture, in his farewell performance of the award winning role that made him legendary in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

Fiddler was the first show in which I was cast in a leading role. It has always been close to my heart, and will remain to be a sentimental favorite. The chance to see a legend of the stage and screen is an incredible opportunity.

Wordless Wednesday: Tradition

The Cummins Municipal Band
Olney City Park
Wednesday evenings starting at 8:00 PM

Just Words...

“You could search the world over
and never find anyone
more deserving of your love
than yourself.”

Wordless Wednesday: Poppies

"And now, my beauties, something with poison in it, I think. Something with poison in it, but attractive to the eye, and soothing to the smell. Poppies... Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep. Sleep. Now they'll sleep..."