E2C_Travel
Not all travel is into the great unknown... some takes you 'home', to your people. I found my roots again after the pandemic with an aluminum love child named Bella and the 50 aunts and uncles who just can't seem to get enough of her. The Airstream community took me completely by surprise, but it's not the campers that create the connection -- it's the love of outdoors and nature, working hard to prepare an obscenely over-the-top family meal "just because", and genuine affinity for the stories that brought each of us here.
Any experience where you have an opportunity to learn the stories of others, try new foods, see how people live differently - each of those moments changes your life just a little. If you're lucky, your worldview becomes a patchwork of all those experiences. Mine has.
#mycuprunnethover
ABOUT ME
Part journal, part treasure map, part petri dish of thoughts about the future – this website is the synthesis of years of informal (and informed) study of the human condition… coupled with an unyielding need to explore every old tree trunk, breathe in as many back alley spice markets as I can find, admire the monarchs in every protected estuary along the coast, and climb the hillsides on gas-powered mules those few precious days the poppies raise their gorgeous orange faces to the sun. I'll do it all - every single mile - while my hands can still manage the camera.
The more time passes, the more I understand Thoreau's beloved Walden and his need to "live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." With Bella and an increasingly more amazing collection of people in my life... my physical footprint has been smaller these past few pandemic-impacted years, but my "heart-print" has never experienced more reach. To those who are with me, you are everything to me. To those who will join our treasure hunt, I promise we're going to see the world... and see it differently, #together.
E2C_Connection
So many amazing people come into my life and teach me unexpected things. They make my life fuller and more interesting in more ways than I imagined. These connections are what drive me - they’re my secret sauce, my signature strength. Every success in my life is, quite simply, based on my love of people and bringing people together to do wonderful things.
This summer I joined the Board of a publishing company that enables people to publish their personal stories online (here’s mine if you’re curious: Tonya's Cues & Views). Working with this commitment, I’m even more convinced of the importance of sharing our journey to connect with others. I see firsthand the difference connections make when people recognize how much we are alike… not different. With that as my goal, I look forward to sharing my journey and story - sharing my connections and creating new ones on the way. Exploring2Connect. Join me.#onwardandupward
Volume XXX-Avril-XXMM When we set out to do this, the intention was simply to share some positive constructive thoughts on regular basis at a time when most of us seemed to be struggling with the “new normal” the world was…
Volume XXVIII-Avril-XXMM SGN Potluck: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 5 John Krasinski just keeps pulling together these 15min video montages of complete happiness. Want to get “fed”? (watch the video – it’s a theme…) Enjoy! Simplicity. Nostalgia. Sometimes memories…
Volume XVII-Avril-XXMM John Krasinski for Prom King! This guy realllly is just sooooo awesome. Click the image for more details – but it’s tonight (Friday) at 5pm PT on his YouTube channel (SGN: Some Good News) if your kids want to go. (Or if…
Volume XXIV-Avril-XXMM Perhaps I’m biased I am biased, but I’m not at all surprised this was from a farmer. I was simultaneously touched and humbled when I saw this earlier today. The letter below is from a retired farmer in…
Volume XXII-Avril-XXMM I got a late start today, so this will be super short. We hope. I saw the post on the left on LinkedIn tonight and remembered the meme (on the right) making the rounds on Facebook for the…
Volume XXI-Avril-XXMM WARNING – today’s note comes with a “reality downside” heads-up… Not every day is sunshine and lollipops, right? If you’re looking for that (if you “need” that LIFT today), just skip over my text and go straight to…
Volume XX-Avril-XXMM Prom 2020: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 4 As if throwing a global virtual prom with bonafide rock stars wasn’t enough… he also broadcast from space in this episode. Yeah, like outer space. Cool, huh? The list below…
Volume XVI-Avril-XXMM “It’s not that the ground underneath me was suddenly shifting; it’s that it is never still.” — Alicia Keys The conversations I’m in are consistent… the uncertainty of the future is what has us all the most uncomfortable. Yet when…
Volume XIV-Avril-XXMM Mother Nature is sending NYC some ❤️ Yesterday, Easter Monday, a rainbow formed over New York City. From BBC News to LinkedIn, social media eagerly celebrated the symbol of hope that better times might be on the way……
Volume XIII-Avril-XXMM Baseball is Back: Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 3 He’s done it again… It’s all good, but the “big story” starts at 10:10… don’t know how he pulls these things together, but I lovvvvve it! Andrea Bocelli –…
