by Leanne Kinney | Jun 12, 2015 | Analogies for Experience, Learning from Life
Tonight I had a frustrating (and still somehow fulfilling) conversation with a musician friend about the difficulties of our vocation, performing arts. It’s not a new problem, not a new story. We don’t even think about being able to retire someday because we are just...
by Leanne Kinney | Jan 14, 2014 | Analogies for Experience
Today I had a moment with my car. She is at that age where she is “mature,” which sometimes means I have to change bulbs and things. That’s always fun[1] with a German-English-Brazilian car whose design is based on a car that doesn’t really work....
by Leanne Kinney | Jul 16, 2013 | Analogies for Experience
One of the hardest lessons I’ve ever learned, a lesson that was amplified in the events of the last 16 months, is that some friendships are not what they appear to be. I think it happens a lot in the workplace, and I suspect that it’s simply because at work you have...
by Leanne Kinney | Apr 14, 2013 | Analogies for Experience, Learning from Life
Balance is no harder after all… Now you’ve just got farther to fall (David Wilcox) Those of you who hang on my every word and wait anxiously for my next episode of navel-gazing know that one of the many indignities of old age for me is a new-found fear of heights. To...
by Leanne Kinney | Apr 7, 2013 | Analogies for Experience
This time last year I was packing. In addition to what I had in my classroom, I had an office with a wall full of shelves, a 3-sided desk, a huge horizontal filing cabinet and a wardrobe. In those spaces I had accumulated the things that a teacher accumulates over 5...
by Leanne Kinney | Mar 31, 2013 | Analogies for Experience, Learning from Life
A few years ago I had the good fortune to play ultimate Frisbee with a group of kids on Sunday afternoons at Laurel Park. As the weather got warmer, I started playing barefoot in the soft grass. One Sunday evening, I stepped on something. I’m a lifetime warm-weather...
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