Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Teenage To-Do List

Lisa Beach   November 11, 2015   2 Comments on Teenage To-Do List

Good Grief! It’s 6 Life Lessons from Charlie Brown

With The Peanuts Movie set to hit theaters today, I reminisced about my childhood love affair with Charlie Brown, dubbed America’s lovable loser. Despite his hairless, pumpkin-size head and a penchant for wearing zigzag shirts, Charlie Brown had me at “Good, grief! Since 1950, that endearing blockhead taught me how to keep getting up when life knocks me down. Brilliant… Read more »

Family Traditions: We’ll Take the High Road and the Low Road

loch lomond italian ice

Traditions weave families together, bonding them with counted-on rituals and shared memories. They can also make some of the best stories. Case in point….   Whenever my older son, Trevor, performed in one of his high school band concerts, our whole family would head over to Jeremiah’s Italian Ice afterwards for a treat. This popular, local place regularly pulls in… Read more »

Memes #1

Lisa Beach   October 27, 2015   2 Comments on Memes #1

I love to laugh. I really do—even if I’m the only one laughing sometimes. So, to amuse myself (and hopefully, a few others in the process), I learned how to create a meme. In case you need an official definition, a meme is, according to Wikipedia, “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.”… Read more »

Elizabeth Gilbert: My Creative Muse

I’m thrilled to be featured today in Creative Life, a website where artists can talk about (and share) their experiences in leading a creative life. My article titled “My Creative Muse Is from…New Jersey?” explores some of the motivation behind why I decided to launch Tweenior Moments and how Elizabeth Gilbert (author of the newly released Big Magic: Creative Living… Read more »