It’s been more than three years since documenting the phrase Gig Economy into a journal. And for many years before penning that phrase to the page, I had an inaccurate definition of what the expression meant. Mistakenly, any time I heard a reference to a Gig Economy, my mind conjured up thoughts of computers, data, …
Category: College Teaching
Not an Expert
Yazoo, Mississippi—If reading those words fails to bring to your mind a rich southern drawl sharing the stories of Marcel Ledbetter and coon hunting, then you did not have the same rich childhood that I did growing up in the 1970s. But guess what? You do not have to miss out, because you can Just …
Just Ask Google
Just Ask Google. Have you come across these advertisements yet? If not, guess what? You can google it! (Aren’t I funny? Insert sarcasm). Perhaps my initial reaction stems from the current pressure I am feeling to convince these precious young college students in front of me every day that they do indeed have something to …
Appreciative Examen
Are you a math person or a language person? Perhaps, like me, you might rate yourself somewhere in between, similar to what is described in a previous post about being a Lark, Owl or Third Bird. Providing information in a numerical format seems easier for me to remember, but words also matter. Ask me to …
Enough
For those of you who may not know me—I am a woman. I’m a long-time follower of Christ, an educator, a traveler, a scrapbooker, an avid reader, a crafter… I could go on. But many of the identities and interests God has given me have often been complicated by that first one: I am a …
Singles Conference
Evidently, this particular post needed more than three years of contemplation before coming together. That fact gives me hope that Silent Grief will one day be written too! Because the reality is that both of these topics related to Singleness need to be voiced and yet the words needed to articulate these intimate issues fail …
Gen Beta
“What will the future bring for beta babies?” Wait, what?!? Who’s already naming babies born today as Gen Beta? A desire to mindlessly watch football during the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day quickly pivoted into a rabbit trail of endless questions running through my head. Clever marketing strategy, Prudential, and now this college professor, …
Surreal Experience
Think back to a moment in your life that felt Surreal. How would you describe it to others? Maybe you were piloting a Bonanza without instruments, standing over the edge of a cliff in the Grand Canyon, or witnessing something transpire that could only be explained through the supernatural existence of a divine and holy …
R&D
What brand of toilet paper do you use? Do you invest in Quilted Northern or Charmin? Will any old brand suffice? To be honest, I truly do not care about your brand choices in TP. That’s private information for yourself and for the data mining companies to determine which coupons to place in your mailbox; …
Unreasonable Hospitality
Do you ever have random memories from childhood pop into your head? Obviously, something triggered the back recesses of your brain, but you really aren’t sure what caused the memory to appear? At some point in the tween years, Denise and I played hotel in our Munford home, using the wood-burning stove as the front …
Flourishing @ Life 