Summer Vacation Podcast

We have a podcast.  Actually, we’ve had a podcast for quite some time but it took me this long to figure it out. You can search Scornavacco Martial Arts Academy in iTunes and subscribe. In the meantime, you can listen directly to our Summer Vacation Episode by...

Spring Break, Recovery and Return

I’m a big fan of rest and recovery, mostly because I work best in intense bursts of energy and creativity. Today we return to classes after Spring Break, an entire week of respite from a quarter year’s worth of effort. Spring Break is right where it...

Connect the D.O.T.S.

When I was a kid, I used to love passing the time with books of connect the dots images/ I would take my pencil, start at #1 and draw a line to #2, #3 and so on, in numerical order, until I run out of numbers, revealing a picture of a smiling dinosaur. If I was so...

What Luck?

I read an article about the phrase, “you’re welcome,” the latest word that means the opposite of its original usage, in the vein of bad-means-good and sick-means-great. You’re welcome is/was used as a courtesy response to and an acknowledgement of a thank you. Now,...

Un-Pause It!

      I spend a good deal of time taxiing my kids around Boulder County, as I’m sure you can relate to. To keep the backseat squabbles in check, I decided to play the girls an audiobook on the way to school. Audible.com gave me a free gift of Anne...