I am on a tour bus singing Elton John songs at the top of my lungs with Sunday School Rebel
Sunday School Rebel has been reading Life is a Verb this week, and writing about what she’s reading. And all the while she’s been saying yes, yes, yes! I love the way she writes: "Yesterday, I wrote about being the next stop on the blog tour bus for Patti Digh’s …
Verbs in the bottom of the ninth…
Today, the LIAV Blog Tour ’08 visits Suzanne Maggio-Hucek at her home base, the bottom of the ninth. Suzanne and I had a wonderful phone conversation about Life is a Verb and she offers her thoughts on its lessons. She also recounts our first correspondence, some time ago: "I sent …
Wandering educators get off the ship
The next stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour ’08 is with Jessie Voigts at WanderingEducators— a global community of educators sharing travel experiences. While there, you can experience a dance in Israel or learn from the littlest travelers. In her essay about LIAV and her interview with …
A week with Sherku…
The next stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour ’08 is with Steve Sherlock, a man I’ve never met, but who has commented on 37days almost from the very beginning in 2005. Turns out, he’ll spend the week celebrating Life is a Verb this week! My thanks, Steve. …
Ellouise tells a story…
A few years ago, I met a most delightful woman–a storyteller and artist–named Ellouise Schoettler, and her husband, Jim, at one of our 37days retreats. Ellouise is participating today on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour ’08 by posting an interview she did with me recently. Ellouise asked me …
Joyful wrecks and strength to your sword arm…
One of the greatest gifts of 37days and now Life is a Verb? All the amazing people I have met, both virtually and in person, from around the world. Artists and moms and sons and people like you and me facing mortality or denying it…people embracing this one wild and …
Sign your own permission slip for life
Photographer Ann Torrence contributed a wonderful piece of art for Life is a Verb, and now a marvelous essay as part of the LIAV Blog Tour ’08. Here’s an excerpt: I was raised in a maternal lineage whose motto was "Oh no, I couldn’t." The constraints of Germanic heritage, Catholic …
Life should be minimally punctuated
I am delighted to be visiting Elizabeth Beck this morning as part of the Life is a Verb blog tour! Elizabeth is one of the artists in the book (see her amazing assemblage on page 23) and her exuberance and energy are an inspiration to me. I love the description …
Principled Innovation and Verbs
My thanks to an old friend, Jeff De Cagna, for participating so wonderfully in the Life is the Verb Blog Tour ’08. Jeff recorded a podcast of an interview we did earlier this week for sharing today on his deeply thought-provoking Principled Innovation blog. His fantastic questions remind me how …
Live like you are dying
Over the past 37 days, we have learned so many lessons from so many places in the world. So many essays poured in to answer the question, "What would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live?" Thirty-seven were posted here, to give us a glimpse …
