Find a way to create joy each day
It's rewarding to see your child's mind expand when exposing them to new cultural experiences. We had just finished a first half day in Quebec City. You get everything, as my older son said: mountains, water, castles and walls, history, cannons, street performers, ice cream... So we asked our younger son as we tucked him… Continue reading Out of his comfort zone
The night before Christmas was always a mini-celebration. In my family we'd sometimes open up one present to whet our appetites. The night before your birthday is often a good night, even if you can't get to sleep so easily. You fall asleep thinking about what a great day it's going to be. Or the… Continue reading The Night Before
No matter what stage you're on, when you're performing, there's always a special joy if you know someone in the audience. It makes everything more real. Maybe because there's a witness. Someone there to hear the tree fall, so that the noise it makes matters. A performance isn't a performance without an audience anyways; otherwise,… Continue reading Someone in the audience
There's something mesmerizing about an actor at the top of his game. Lee Child's Jack Reacher series tells the story of a 6'5" 250-pound muscular ex-military policeman who, after leaving his position, foils bad guy after bad guy as he hitchhikes his way across the country. The character as envisioned in the books is an unstoppable… Continue reading Tom Cruise Is Jack Reacher
It's really nice to take a vacation unplugged. To leave it all behind... and to know that there's nothing you can really do to help out with all those responsibilities you left behind. (Like the responsibility of writing daily blog posts.) And yet... there are advantages to a vacation that's not quite unplugged. When you've… Continue reading Vacations, not quite unplugged
The Joys of JJFoley 