Why I’m Learning to Program
Discovering the Grow with Google scholarship program for Udacity led me to discover Udacity itself. Udacity offers tons of free, high-quality classes on web design, programming, mobile app development, and some other cool things. Many of the classes are collaborations with leading tech companies. They also offer ‘nanodegrees’ in several different areas. They’ve extended the […]
Friends with the wind
This is a poem that I wrote a few years back that I came across again recently. I’ve always rather liked this one. Friends with the wind If you make friends with the sun You will undoubtedly have fun But come a rainy day You may find he’s gone away If you make friends with […]
A few thoughts on being a mom
I’ve been thinking lately about the things that I’ve come to understand in my short time as a mom. It’s strange because I’ve been a woman my whole life, but I never really thought about it all that much. Being pregnant and giving birth made me realize just how crazy strong and important women really […]
A Broken-Hearted Song
I’ve been thinking about just writing more. Not necessarily about my life, but to stretch my creative muscles. So tonight after baby B fell asleep without a fuss at 7:30 leaving me a rare bit of ‘me time’, I Googled writing prompts. I came across one that was to write a broken-hearted song and thought […]
The story of Mr. Rabbit
Mr. Rabbit a.k.a. “Hoppy” has a pretty nice life for a bunny. He has clothes and shoes and toys. More importantly, he has friends, people that love him and the opportunity to travel the country. Life wasn’t always this way for Hoppy. A friend of mine was helping a buddy doing work on a house […]