Author: Lisa

Lisa A. Listwa is a self-employed writer with experience in education, publishing, and the martial arts. Believing there was more to life than punching someone else’s time clock and inspired by the words of Henry David Thoreau, she traded her life as a high school educator for a life as a writer and hasn’t looked back. She is mother to one glorious handful of a daughter, wife to the nicest guy on the planet, and reluctant but devoted owner of three Rotten Cats. You can find her adventures and thoughts on living life deliberately here on the blog.

Book Review – Singularity by Helena Hann-Basquiat with Sara Litchfield, Sandy Ramsey, Lizzi Rogers, Hannah Sears

The subject matter of Singularity is not my usual cup of tea. It’s nothing at all like tea. It’s more like you want a nice cup of tea, but the only thing available to drink is vodka. So you drink the vodka, expecting to feel fire as it washes over your palate and burns its way…

By Lisa August 17, 2015 Off

Book Review – P.O.W.E.R. by Lisa A. Kramer

What if you loved words? What if you loved words and were told you could not use them? No reading. No writing. No words. If you were told you had to give up words completely, would you stop? Could you? Andra BetScrivener has a secret power. But her life – and the lives of those she…

By Lisa August 17, 2015 Off

TToT – Friends

Know that song? The one about getting by with a little help from your friends? Well here you go…take a listen and I’ll do the TToT thing for you. Yep, this is the Joe Cocker Woodstock performance. Crazy. Love. I’ll tuck the Beatles in at the end for you, too. You’re welcome. This week, I am…

By Lisa August 15, 2015 Off

TToT – Hiatus

Apparently, I’m on hiatus. Not even kidding. Look back at my blog calendar since June and you will see a significant lack of posting. The TToT still makes it in each week, but lately that’s about it. Oh, I have ideas…loads of them. Drafts, too. Half-written, abandoned, “meh, nobody will want to read this” kind…

By Lisa August 8, 2015 Off

TToT – Goodbye, July!

It has been a long and crazy month. But in a good and happy way. Most of our activity was centered on Kidzilla’s activity schedule and our little girl has been on the go! She has gained so much from these last few weeks and I think it’s safe to say that we have as…

By Lisa August 1, 2015 Off

Wordless Wednesday on Thursday – Sort Of

No words here – like that’s a surprise lately! But if you head over to Eli’s place you’ll find a great roundup of words from some wonderful bloggers. This month is Freedom from Fear of Speaking month and Eli’s collected a great list of things we’d say without fear…but haven’t. Hope over to 6 Words at…

By Lisa July 30, 2015 Off

TToT – Cobwebs

You’ll have to please excuse the bit of dust on my blog. Despite any good intentions or potentially good post ideas, very little has happened around here – save the TToTs – in a very long time. I blame it on several things. Some of the reasons are interesting and relevant; others are not. Regardless, here…

By Lisa July 25, 2015 Off

#1000Speak July Linkup – Acceptance

It is time again for our monthly 1000 Voices Speak for Compassion link-up! As much as I intended to have a post for this month, here we are at the eleventh hour and I do not have one ready to go. I have several in the works, but not quite ready to post. Life happens.…

By Lisa July 20, 2015 Off

TToT – The Week of Summer Insanity

This has been a crazy week. And this TToT is going to be the fastest, shortest, latest, and most dependent upon the graces of the SGV that I’ve ever posted. Zilla had a full week of activities, which means that I did as well. Here’s what life looked like… (hold onto your hats because it’s…

By Lisa July 19, 2015 Off