by Andrea James | Dec 31, 2011 | Inspiration, That's Life
Do you have a bucket list? That is, a list of things you’d like to accomplish before you kick the bucket? I never created one for myself — the truth is, my reverse-bucket-list is a lot more spectacular than any list I would’ve come up with 10 years...
by Andrea James | Nov 19, 2011 | Inspiration, Seattle
I finally did it. I bought some five-finger minimalist running shoes. My goodness they are ugly. Have you ever seen anyone wearing these? It’s a startling realization when you do. A family member of mine wore them all around Ireland on my recent vacation. Every...
by Andrea James | Nov 6, 2011 | Curiosity, Inspiration, Photos, Seattle, That's Life
My old alarm clock went off this morning before my mobile phone did. That’s odd, I thought as I scrambled over to shut the thing up. The dumb alarm clock — as in, not smart like my phone — is the backup alarm, the one that will faithfully and...
by Andrea James | Oct 7, 2011 | Curiosity, Inspiration
Simplicity is all the rage right now. And in so many walks of life, too. Do you ever wonder why? Why do we want to pare down, cut back, sift out, and reduce to the essentials? The world is no more complex than it’s ever been. The difference is that, thanks to...
by Andrea James | Oct 5, 2011 | Inspiration, Lamentation
I believe that great people are God’s gift to us. Every once in a while, people come along who advance our understanding of math, science and technology. Great minds whose genius changes our lives for the better. Sir Isaac Newton. Albert Einstein. Bill Gates....
by Andrea James | Sep 22, 2011 | Inspiration, Photos, That's Life, Wall Street logic
It’s not easy being out in front. I first learned this when I did investigative reporting. Even though I knew my information was sound and that my story was true, I got a nervous feeling in my stomach the night before the newspaper published a scoop. Because I...
