Don’t Let Age Fool You: Live Your Adventure!

From the Series: Life of Dog Hill Confession: I love hip hop music, and whenever the music starts playing I can’t sit still. In my mind, I’m breaking, locking, and popping with the best of them. The reality is that my hip hop moves look like my dubstep moves — not so...

What Do You Fear Letting Go Of?

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill I’ve always been willing to take a calculated risk, whether it was climbing high into a tree when I was six years old or leaving a secure, well-paying job to start my own business from scratch in my late 40s. My comfort with risk has...

Teachers Provide Insight on Parental Impact

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill I came home from my 13-year-old’s middle school open house with a big smile on my face. I spoke to every one of his teachers, and the one comment I heard repeatedly was how respectful my son is, and what a pleasure he is to teach....

Blue Hair More Than a Fashion Statement

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill When I made this daring decision, I considered it a fun, playful thing to do. I never thought of it as an attention-seeking gimmick until a humorous gentleman I recently met asked me how having blue hair would not attract...

When You Can’t Escape Your (Dance) Obsession, Relent

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill I’m a baby all over again in the sense that I am learning something new. Something that takes a lot of time to become proficient, much less perfect. Something that can only be mastered through repetition. Something that fills me with...

No, Son, Moratorium Does Not Mean More!

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill It’s been a wonderful summer filled with a wedding, an engagement, travel, and extended family time. But as August comes barreling to its end, I’m thinking about back to school for our 13-year-old son, Ryan. As we headed into a local...

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