Do any of you watch this show?

I’ve never really gotten into it before… until I saw a promo for Season 19 and saw this guy in the cast!

Tavis Smiley!

Longtime blog readers might remember when my dad was interviewed as a guest on Tavis’s radio show earlier this year to talk about his book Wooden & Me. My dad said Tavis could not have been warmer, more authentic and engaged; it felt like having a conversation with a longtime friend. I’m a fan of Tavis’s TV show on PBS and his books — including his latest book about Martin Luther King, Jr. — and now I have another show to watch! I thought he did a great job dancing and was cheering when he made it through the first round of voting last night. Woo hoo!

Here are some other odds & ends I wanted to share with you:

• My ebook “Lost & Found” is available for FREE this week on Amazon! Grab your copy here {and please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in an entertaining free read!}

• I loved this vlog by my girl Heather Waxman on this one word that changed her life — and just might change yours, too.

• Speaking of change and healthy habits, this blog post by Nicole Antoinette really hit home with me this week.

• My brother wrote a great post for HuffPost about education and nonprofit work, using Wendy Kopp’s organization Teach for All as a case study.

• Thanks to Tricia Crisafulli for including my essay “My Perfectly Decorated Apartment” {originally published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Sweet Home} in her online publication Faith, Hope & Fiction. You can read it here.

Now I’m off to grab some oatmeal & green tea for breakfast before digging into work on a few writing/editing projects. Tonight I’m meeting Erica for dinner, which I’m super excited about. Have a great day, friends!