One of the things that has surprised me the most about myself is my courage and bravery when it comes to fighting for and pursuing my dream.  I’m not gonna lie, I’ve given my inner self many high-fives along the way impressed with my own moxie…and the funny thing is, I don’t really consider myself [...]

That’s right, one year ago this month, ThisFrontPorch was built and I posted my first blog out there for God and everybody to see!  I can’t believe its been a year already; my how time flies…whether we’re having fun or not right?! As I look at what’s happened on This here FrontPorch I see that [...]

And when I write “basic” I really mean, basic.  One of the things that has helped me incredibly throughout this process of dreaming and striving toward that dream is to purchase a few basic supplies that you can find at your local office supply store or any other location selling officy/papery type goods. Because I’m [...]

Okay I know, super cheesy reference to a Journey song.  But what can I say?  When I was trying to think of a title for this post, that song popped into my head so I thought, “Why not?!” One of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten was from my college chaplain way [...]

What does it take to make a dream a reality?  How you capture the ideas swirling in your head to put them on paper and then, to put those thoughts into action?  Is there a how-to manual for making your turning your vision from a dream into a tangible project/building/organization/service/etc? There are certainly some fabulous resources [...]

Yes.  It’s true. I resisted for a long time.  Mostly because I was entirely unimpressed by the cupcakes that I had tasted from the various new, chic, cupcakeries that have been sweeping Southern California.  Sure they looked cute and the myriad of flavors was inticing.  And who doesn’t love the perfect ratio of cake to [...]

Part the third in an [undetermined number]-part series follows the continuing adventures of Mav and the Open Mic night at Tia Chucha’s Cafe Cultural.  This part happened just this evening and yes, I’m still all aglow from the events! Tonight a friend of mine came with me; he is a budding poet and is doing [...]

I decided to split up my posts about Tia Chucha’s because I have so much to say, it might be easier to put it into “chapters” of a sort.  Here is the second chapter of my Tia Chucha’s adventure saga. So I had just scribbled down a poem about how surreal and awe-some it was [...]

Do you ever have moments that you just know you’re gonna hold onto and keep forever?  Those precious times that you tuck away in the inner pocket of your soul stowed away safely but easily accessible so you can take it out again and remember and feel what you felt when that moment first happend.  [...]

So it is a new year. 2009. Last year I wrote a fun little poem: Dear 2008, Please bring me a date ’cause I just can’t wait to meet my mate! This year its more like: Dear 2009, I don’t mean to whine but this heart of mine is not doing fine it wants to [...]