Blog | Creative Across the Curriculum

Have you ever wondered about the value of wondering?

I am so glad to report that I have been busy! Busy with instructional design projects for thought leaders, Arts Integrated Curriculum Design projects for formal educators, creative exploration projects with students, and Wondering Woman projects on a wide variety of topics including social justice and social change. And because there have been such inviting […]

Have you ever wondered on your day off what it is like to be in a totally different profession?

Like a crossing guard, a seamstress, a woodworker, a streetlight repair tech? There are so many choices out there and so many paths to arrive at an interesting or inspiring career that also pays the bills. When I think about this, my mind goes to my journey and how I landed being an educational consultant. […]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a newscaster for your local TV channel?

I remember being 8 years old and I was interviewed by my local sports reporter, Dennis Carter, who was big time in our town. It was following my performance at the city swim meet. It was such a big deal for me to meet him! And then for HIM to want to ask ME questions? […]

Have you ever wondered if those ads on the back of the grocery store receipts actually work?

I was checking out of the grocery store and handed my son the receipt. He wanted to see how many gas points we had earned for the month after this purchase. As he searched the long strip of paper, he flipped it over still looking. Instead of the gas point total, he was surprised to […]

Have you ever wondered why it is such a big deal for a right-handed person to try to do something with their left-hand?

When a right-handed person has to use their left hand, it turns into a scene! There is a bunch of hullabaloo and laughter and grace and support and they usually fall back to using the right-hand pretty quickly. They usually do a quick reflection, compare the outcomes, and are shocked at how poorly they achieved. […]

Have you ever wondered how a comic strip cartoonist creates enough funny content for a daily publication?

Each day our family still gets the actual newspaper. It is thrown onto our driveway or doorstep each morning. My husband loves the routine of getting the paper and sipping coffee to prep for the day. I guess touchscreen scrolling doesn’t have the same effect for him. So, the paper arrives each morning. I like […]

Have you ever wondered what it is like to drive a semitruck?

I was driving halfway across the country in our minivan and came across a wide variety of trucks heading our same way. There were some that were open in the back, some that were double hitched together, some were carrying half of a house, and others were just the cab hauling nothing. As we went […]

Have you ever wondered what to make for dinner?

I recently wrote a chapter for the Wish We Had Known Volume 2 book through Madison Area Business Consultants and it involved a dinner conundrum. This specific one involved frozen broccoli, but this What to make for dinner? doesn’t have to involve a kid with a green vegetable to still be an issue. My […]

Have you ever wondered what a moth feels as it flies towards an outdoor light?

Kind of gruesome. But I was outside watching swarms of flying insects around our outdoor patio light this summer and was amazed at how they kept coming. Individually, they landed and flew off for a bit and back again. They also seemed to attract more friends to the habit. It was like a call went […]

Have you ever wondered about food factories?

Factories amaze me. I went to tour the Vigo food packaging plant in Tampa, FL a while back and I was so impressed with the whole system. From the packaging and bottling to the storing and shipping to the recipe and spice room, it was impressive. And that was just the machinery! The people who […]