Whole Lotta Riskin’ Goin’ On

After blogging here for over a year, I’ve come to a few conclusions: You can’t work with, hang with or converse much with Laura Biering without some riskiness rubbing off on you. Risk is integral to the larger picture of living a conscious life and that knowledge, for me at least, is what makes risking [...]

How We Spend Our Days: Adjusting My Social Media Balance

| February 4, 2011 | 7 Comments

Dear Twitter:  We’ve spent some good times together. And there are still times I need you. Times I want you. But you’re too demanding of my time, my energy.  I’m leaving you – at least for a trial separation. Yes, there’s Facebook, but I’m thinking of leaving Facebook, too. I need more time for me. [...]

Taking a “Calgon” Moment

| November 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

Oh no!! I missed my blog again last month and am a day late on this month’s entry!! To be honest, my head is spinning…..I just finished music directing a show, then packed up our house, moved to a much bigger one, am monitoring the renovation of our former kitchen and am now trying to [...]

Laura Gets Around!

| July 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

There’s a new kid in town – more blogging!

I Risk Disconnecting from Social Media

| July 5, 2010 | 5 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I was blessed to have several days to myself for a writing retreat. I stayed at a place that didn’t have Internet connectivity, and it was an eye-opening experience. Without the distraction of the web, and especially social media, I realized how drastically my habits at the computer have changed [...]

risking having/doing/being enough

| February 20, 2010 | 4 Comments

Howdy from beautiful Georgetown, Texas, where Martha and I are visiting my folks.  I am here doing a little work, but mostly I’m vacationing.  And the little bit of work I’m doing, really feels like vacationing, so I am certainly not complaining!  Just yesterday, for example, we had tea in Austin with two of the [...]

Oh Geez…Did I Really Say “Come on over!”???

| January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments

Ok, Laura – you want us to be blogging about risks we’re taking on purpose…well, honey – here you go. It’s Monday, right? And it’s 1pm and I’m still in my pajamas. (Don’t ask.) And I had a WONDERFUL appointment this morning with a client struggling to identify her target market and niche. In the [...]

Dawna’s Blog Risk #1

| December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments

I am constantly amazed by the way Spirit/The Universe/God/Higher Power presents me with exactly what I want, but in ways I could never have predicted or imagined.  I have recently revised my personal website (http://angelguided.com) and had made a commitment to begin my blog by the end of November.  Knowing absolutely NOTHING about blogging (I [...]

One Thing

| December 30, 2009 | 4 Comments

People ask me all the time what it takes to be a working musician.  Most of the time what they really mean is what does it take to be a “star.”   I generally have to explain the difference to them and hope they understand that, while, yes, I still have stars I am chasing, the [...]

Wisdom from Wayne: “100% Of The Shots You DON’T Take DON’T Go In.”

| November 12, 2009 | 5 Comments

So many of the risks we take, we often don’t even think of as risks:  driving, going down the stairs without holding onto the railing (w/two rambunctious dogs a foot), and even getting out of bed, as one of my Beautiful Blogging Babes pointed out earlier, can be a risk. But those don’t make for [...]