Sep 16, 2019 | Latest News
Flip The Positive Switch ANTs and Light Switches Our Powerful Word this month is Positive Attitude (yes, I know it’s technically a phrase), which got me thinking about ants and light switches. It was a particularly worrisome time in my life. I was about to...
Sep 4, 2019 | Latest News
I received an email the other day from my high school, St. Ignatius College Prep, that one of our beloved teachers passed away. Father Thul lived a life of service, as called upon by his Jesuit faith, one aspect of which was teaching mathematics at SICP. As I reflect...
Aug 13, 2019 | Latest News
Best Wishes to all of our students who are starting the 2019-2020 Academic School Year today and tomorrow. Here’s to a fantastic, successful year of learning and growth. In the midst of all the excitement and learning the academic routine, keep in mind the...
Jun 12, 2019 | Latest News
Audible.com recently had a sale, one program of which was, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. Given the time of the year, summer, and my love of the Great Outdoors, I had to take advantage of the sale to learn more about the...
Apr 29, 2019 | Latest News
Colorado weather has been whipsawing lately, as it does so often, which reminds me of when I first moved here and opened SMAA over 20 years ago. The first seminar I hosted, with a visiting instructor, was in January of 1999. My teacher flew out from Florida and was...
Apr 22, 2019 | Latest News
Every year I stuff hundreds of Easter Eggs (this year I had help from Christy Miller, Julie Schneider and Mr. Logan Reichert –thanks guys). And every year, I fret about having to pick up all the Easter Eggs myself because no one showed up. And every year, few...
Apr 15, 2019 | Latest News
If you live long enough, your childhood will come back to you — all that was old will become new again. Growing up, I noticed all the nostalgia marketing to Baby Boomers, before I knew exactly what it meant to be a Baby Boomer. Later in life, I joked with my...
Apr 8, 2019 | Latest News
Yesterday, my kids treated me with an Escape Room experience for my birthday. Our goal was to solve riddles in a lost Mayan Temple before time ran out (one hour). As we were driving home after our hour of pretending to be Indiana Jones, our conversation turned to all...
Apr 2, 2019 | Latest News
Early in my martial arts teaching career, I taught a well-received class on Safety for Women. It wasn’t until a few days later that I learned why teaching safety and self-defense to women was so challenging. One attendee said she went home and tried a specific...
