My grandmother, Mae Chronister, lived to be 103 and I loved her very much. Throughout her life, my grandmother always talked to herself, and now I find myself doing the same thing.

Mr. Roger's famous suggestion to "Look for the helpers" in moments of crisis has been incredibly helpful in my life. I have recently met a new set of helpers who are making a difference.

It's that time of year where we're starting over, and although it's exciting to pull a new group of students together and learn a new show, we all need to be careful about one trap it's easy to fall into.

When I think back on those great times with the Regiment I think about the people.

It's difficult to imagine giving too much love to something you really care about, but sometimes you need to step back and let the person or thing you love handle their own situation.

Don't try to lose weight!  The mind inherently balks at losing anything!  A more effective strategy is to frame your goal around what you want to achieve.

We all have the huge responsibility of modeling behavior for our students. Your kids are watching you. They see how you treat others, how you talk about "other" types of people, and who you are supporting.

Drum corps is still drum corps.  You can put them in costumes and add electronics or giant set pieces but it's still the same activity we remember and loved.  And LOVE.

I love crepe myrtles, and our new house has one right in front of the window to our library at Phantom History House. We moved into our house in September and the crepe myrtle in the front yard had finished blooming by that time.  So I'm waiting to see what color it is!

I screamed out loud at the scary cartoon snake three different times in the episode.  Steve found this wildly entertaining, of course.