To the Crossroads

My soul feels completely intact after my band played a fantastic show at Seattle’s Greenlake Forza Coffee. The Castaways were the supporting act for a Team in Training/Leukemia Lymphoma Society fundraiser. We played three solid sets of music and while, yes, mistakes were made, even our normally understated bass player admitted to being all whacked …


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I’m Not Going to Zambia

I could write a lot posts entitled “I’m not going to [fill in the blank]” but this one has bigger significance. You see, my partners in good, Beth Whitman, Michelle Duffy, and Debbie Dubrow ARE going to Zambia. They’re going to do a ribbon cutting at one of the libraries our fundraiser — no, your …


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Like a Bee, I Tell Ya, Like a Bee.

1. Working. Somehow I landed a gig as the consulting content strategist for the Gates Foundation website redesign. It’s not particularly easy and they’re demanding, but it’s an amazing project to work on. The folks I spend time with at the Foundation are whip smart and quick witted and genuinely likeable. When I walk through …


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