This week I attended a keynote given by DJ One (Toby "Fresh" Campbell) at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. I thought I would share my notes: Toby "Fresh" aka DV ONE - The Seattle Seahawks DJ! Listen to his music and podcast here: http://djdvone.podomatic.com/ Personal History Taught many students who's careers took off Grammy award winner seriously started career at 18 years old in 1992 Designed a mixer! (Became a consultant) Beginning of hip hop was similar to history o

This week I tried something new. It was a skill I had yet to learn, and something so stupid and simple that it was really quite embarrassing that I hadn’t just done it already. For some reason, the smallest things can hold a lot of fear over us, whether because we are afraid we won’t act the right way or look out of place or that we will get yelled at and sent away. I rode a metro bus for the first time in my life. How ridiculous is that? I rode the subway in Boston a number

So Thanksgiving happened, Christmas came and went, and the highly anticipated New Year arrived to much of the world's delight. All through this time: no videos. No creating, no filming, not even a concrete plan. December was swept away by the whims of retail and the exhaustion of creative thought. I barely had the energy to do a simple arrangement. What has happened to me? This is a question I've been sitting on for days. I became very ill recently, as did my husband, and it