Traditionally, amateur boxers pass on what they learn through example and demonstration, from coaches to senior boxers to junior boxers. After age thirty-five, boxers upgrade to Master Boxers, which means you're old. In America, I'm a Senior Citizen. headed down the path to Elder. I hung up my coaching ways…

The Soles warm the audience with toe taps, heel press, and fluid Astair-style press & roll that sends electric blue and fiery red energy lines through the Calf Hamstring Handclasp to the sit bones. With a slow, acrobatic drum roll, the Body Band comes to life, the calf hamstring handclasp…

Writing is a lifestyle, either the action of pen on paper, fingers tapping the keyboard, or the roadblocks encountered along the way. Just as a boxer must get up and do their roadwork every morning, so must I write daily. Knowing the hazards of sitting many hours every day, I…

Every Sunday, the ChallengePartnersUSA Club meets in the basement of an old church on the edge of town. Blick and I are regulars, and an assortment of other members drop in from time to time. …

I lived on a farm as a kid, and chores were an everyday thing. Toting hay bales and sacks of grain, building fences, mucking out stalls, chasing escaped livestock, feeding the animals, clearing scotch broom, preparing and planting a garden, and housework. My brothers and I were trained early on…

When I first read the phrase, wonder ignites creativity, I envisioned an animated story in which everything and anything could be a wonder of astonishment, admiration, or marvel. Where creativity bubbles in fountains, lights up the sky, and flows in the rivers. …

I’m a card-carrying member of #ChallengePartnersUSA. On Monday, I had the privilege of story mapping with the club founder, Blick. He’s engaging in a significant life transition, and I’m writing a pivotal chapter depicting the Weighed Down Release Dance. Our challenge story session share revolved around student-teacher relations. …

Many writers have expressed methods of dealing with writer death through an addiction to second-guessing. I relate. My inner second-guessing, designed by a suppression master, has ruled me all my life. However, recently I decided to upgrade my understanding of the phrase, Stop Second Guessing Myself. STOP is an action…

Some years ago, I befriended my Inner Personas, beginning with Defensive and Angry, then jamming with Shame, Feel Bad, and other nefarious characters. My inner trek load hovered between unbearable and release, but creating prototypes and writing about them helped me gain distance and perspective. My early Prototype resembled a…