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.

Rotten Cats are Good for Some Things

Life

Hours of entertainment, for starters. This week in particular, the Rotten Cats have been jumpy.  I have no idea why.  But every one of them has been startled to the point of either: the huge puffy tail effect, the levitate with all four feet off the floor at the same time effect, or the stop…

By Lisa September 20, 2012 Off
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A Child’s Wisdom

Life

My Daughter is wise beyond her years, I think. Or perhaps she is particularly insightful, intuitive.  Maybe it’s a little bit of both. I am often amazed at how she is able to put into words that which most adults would not be able.

By Lisa September 19, 2012 Off
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What Happens at Weddings…

Life

…is usually hysterical. It’s not a wedding if you don’t have some weird stuff happen.  And weird stuff happens at everyone’s wedding – even if they won’t admit it.  Or maybe it’s that they just didn’t necessarily know about it…

By Lisa September 17, 2012 Off
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