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.

1000Speak – Nurturing the Self

No one wants to be called selfish. We want people to say that we are generous and other-centered. We want people to call us kind and compassionate. We want to actually be all of these things. We are taught that it is good to be selfless. But we misinterpret that. Look at the word – selfless.…

By Lisa April 20, 2015 Off

Love in Ten Lines – Simple Love

Some of my dear bloggy friends, Ivy at Uncharted and Christina and Tony at The Plagued Parent tapped me for the Ten Lines about Love poetry challenge (or whatever the actual name is). I put it on my to-do list and promptly forgot about it. Then I wrote the poem and promptly forgot about it.  So…

By Lisa April 15, 2015 Off

Rotten Cat Wednesday

This is Cat One. When I took this photo, he was howling at me because the laundry basket was in “his” spot at the foot of our bed. And here he is happy after I removed the offending basket. After the photo, he immediately proceeded to lick himself enthusiastically. Nobody needs to see that. Here…

By Lisa April 14, 2015 Off

Now Taking Center Stage – An Interview with Tamara Woods

Want to get inside the mind of a poet? Today is your lucky day! Making a stop on her blog tour and joining us for a brief interview this morning is Tamara Woods, author of The Shaping of an “Angry” Black Woman. If you have not experienced Tamara’s words through the page or through her videos,…

By Lisa April 14, 2015 Off

1000 Voices Speak for Compassion AGAIN in April

The members of 1000 Voices Speak for Compassion are gearing up for another campaign! This month, 1000 Voices Speak for Compassion is talking about nurturing. On April 20th, we will link up once again to flood the Internet with good and positive posts about nurturing. For my April post, I will talk about nurturing the…

By Lisa April 13, 2015 Off

TToT – Let’s Just Do This

Hello, Friends. I’ve been flying only a bit above radar lately. I think I’ll be back to posting a bit in the week ahead. In particular, you should stop by on Tuesday, April 14th because I will be hosting a little virtual interview with the lovely Tamara Woods of PenPaperPad. Come check that out. Now…

By Lisa April 12, 2015 Off

Confession Time

Friends, I’ve been hiding in a hole a bit. I took a break from the Internet for a few days because I wanted to and needed to. And then I kind of didn’t want to come back to it. Ever. I guess I’m going through a bit of an introspective period. Trying to figure things…

By Lisa April 8, 2015 Off