Hi, friends. I’m taking a brief break from writing for the holidays, but will be back in January with a blog post I already know will be controversial. So I guess this is the respite before the backlash! As we mark this anniversary of Jesus’ birth, may we savor the moments with our loved ones [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] ‘Tis the season to be jolly. No argument there. Except perhaps if you’re a bus driver in downtown Chicago, in which case ‘tis the season to be sarcastic, grumbly and all around snarky. ‘Tis also the season to send [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Have you ever watched “What Not To Wear”? It’s a TLC show in which Stacey London and Clinton Kelly kidnap an unsuspecting fashion-criminal, show her secret footage of the outfits (loose term) she’s worn in the past couple of [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Thirteen MKs representing 21 countries. A magical guesthouse. The astounding generosity of strangers who covered most of the costs. Three days to reconnect, share life experiences, and gather information that will become articles, videos and other MK resources. Such [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] April, 13 2009. A stuffy old flea market in Müllheim, Germany. I’m wandering around with that mix of anticipation, whimsy and determination that tends to motivate people like me to darken the door of mouse-overrun dirty spaces. In America, [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] I used to scrapbook. I’d cover the surface of my dining room table with all the accoutrements of a Memory Maker and go on a cutting-and-pasting binge. The first few hours were usually meticulous. The final few were to scrapbooking [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Wednesday, 12:30 pm. What the French would call a “long moment of solitude.” I stood at the front of a classroom at Moody Bible Institute and smiled at the sole occupant of its 50-some seats. “You know what this session [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] We love a good morality tale, don’t we? The Boy Who Cried Wolf taught us not to lie. The Little Red Riding Hood taught us to go straight home. Well, here’s a morality tale ripped straight from Michele’s Epic [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Paging all MKs! You’ll find below a copy of a mass-mailing I just sent out to just about every MK I know. It’s also an “everything but the kitchen sink” look at what I’m doing and what’s ahead. (An MK [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] I don’t like forwards. Forwards are to me what toupees are to Donald Trump. Overrated and unnecessary. But this short video caught my eye in a way that may be surprising to you. I watched it with the sound turned [...]