It can be pretty easy to judge something or someone two-dimensionally. To take something at the face value or even the first impression. To fully understand and appreciate all the layers of a person you have to go beneath the surface and that takes time – often time that most don’t want to put forward at first. I love character transformations in stories. I love how they start with this “imperfection”, whatever that might be, and as the story beats…
“Slow and steady wins the race…” How many times have you heard this little nugget over the years? When I was younger, I thought this was a ridiculous saying and wasn’t even sure how anyone could possibly think that winning could be done by any other means than quickly. When your life kind of revolves around blocks of time (school day, practice, homework, sleep), there isn’t much else that you think about except hurrying to the next step. In fact,…
I love goofy songs that we used to sing as kids and for today’s post we are going to be “remaking” an old favorite, “On Top of Spaghetti.” Click the video if you’ve never heard the song before to get the melody. Here is a quick remix of the lyrics for our song today: I’ve got this new puppy, She pooped in the house, She cries all night long, And killed a field mouse. Her heart may be pure, She…
I like studying villains. According to Social Media Jedi, Kristen Lamb, having a strong antagonist or trouble maker, is what makes a great story. In the story, Rumpelstiltskin, he comes to help a a beautiful woman who’s father bragged to a king that she could turn a bale of straw to gold. In my mind, the villain here is good ole’ dad. I mean, during the whole story he’s never really mentioned again, and yes, Rumpelstiltskin at the end requests…
So, usually I think most people struggle with the letter “Q” for this challenge, but for some reason, Quick Draw McGraw came right to me. (For those of you who are too young to know who he is, check out the link, but please don’t tell me – I don’t need that this morning. *smiles) I can remember a clear time when I used to watch cartoons in the evening on a channel that at eight p.m. would change over…