by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 21, 2022
BOOKS & RIGIDITY No Turning Back JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group April 21, 2022 I’ve always been a serial reader. And by serial reader I mean I’d read one book cover-to-cover before I’d start another. Sometimes I’d get through a book quickly,...
by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 14, 2022
LINCOLN & AMERICA It’s Been 157 Years JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group April 14, 2022 It’s April 14th. 157 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head at Ford’s Theater. He died the next day. I imagine America was a much...
by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 7, 2022
READING & THE PAST The 1970s Were Calling JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group April 7, 2022 It was the summer of 1992. I was eight years old. My mother and father – like the members of most American households – worked full time. My sister was about...
by JoAnna Bennett | Mar 31, 2022
CAPABILITY & HARD WORK Painted Cabinets JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group March 31, 2022 This weekend I painted my bottom row of cabinets. When I purchased my home about two-and-a-half years ago, I knew I’d eventually repaint the honey-stained...
by JoAnna Bennett | Mar 24, 2022
PEAK & MINDFULNESS Are You at Your Peak? JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group March 24, 2022 The definition of peak when used as an adjective is “greatest, maximum.” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could operate at our maximum capacity? How would one...