In July of 2018, I went to a writer’s conference. There were about 350 people present, and I’d met exactly three of them in person: my wife (who came with me), another author that I’d met for lunch once, and that author’s daughter. That left a whole lot of people I hadn’t met in person….
In these days of Pinterest, countless food blogs, and sites like allrecipes.com, I’ve drifted from using traditional cookbooks. Online, I can find anything to suit my tastes or my family’s tastes. I can search for recipes that use specific ingredients. I can ogle over the pictures on Pinterest and click on whatever looks good. I can…
I’ve been a high school teacher for close to two decades now. In that time, I’ve had to deal with my share of angry students. Some kids, by virtue of the challenges life has dealt them, live with a swirl of emotions that can include anger – anger at family, at friends, at teachers, at…
I live in an area of the Midwest that periodically experiences power outages because of snow storms, ice storms, or severe thunderstorms. Sometimes, the power goes out while the sun is shining and there’s hardly a breeze. Thankfully, most times these outages are brief, lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. However,…
Welcome to A Well Advised Life, a blog devoted to — as the tagline says — living wisely, thinking practically, and acting purposefully. This blog is the spiritual successor to another blog, whose story is important to understanding what this one is and what it seeks to do. In 2017, two writers (Rachael and Joshua)…
