PODCAST- Amanda Cleary Eastep & #Kidlit: It’s not just for #kids, you know…

So you think you’re too grown up for #kidlit, do you now? Well, think again, my friend, cause once you hear this thoroughly delightful Misfit conversation with Amanda Cleary Eastep, Senior Developmental Editor at Moody Publishing, and a fine author in her own right… you’ll abandon all such foolish notions. And then, if you know what’s […]

PODCAST- Hope in the Madness, Part 4: Weakness

Don’t you just love a good old fashioned underdog story? Until that underdog, of course, is you. That’s a DIFFERENT story altogether. Let’s face it. It’s much more fun to watch one of them there inspirational tales of the bedraggled and feckless protagonist, struggling against all odds to find their place in this all too […]

PODCAST- Hope in the Madness, Part 3: Sadness :^(

Don’t worry. Be Happy. You’ll get none of that trite nonsense in today’s episode (no offense, Bobby McFarrin). We all get sad sometimes. There’s no getting around it. But what do we do with it? How do we navigate through it, without getting swallowed up in it? Bob Redd’s back for episode 3 in our […]

PODCAST: Hope in the Madness, Part 2 – Angriness

Nobody likes angry people. You know it. I know it. David Banner knows it. But sometimes we just can’t avoid them. Or avoid it. The anger is real. And it manifests itself in lots of things: Petty things. Annoying things. Really big, injustice things. All the things. So what to do? What to do? Well, […]

PODCAST: Hope In the Madness, Part I

Once upon a time… way back in March, I wrote about Madness, cause it just seemed the thing to do. (You can read that post here, then come back. Don’t worry, we’ll wait…). In fact, you might say I got kind of hooked on Madness, as it seems the whole world is similarly hooked these […]

March Madness and the definition of all things

Have you noticed that the entire world seems to have collectively LOST ITS EVER-LOVING MIND? Maybe it’s just me. Nah. Kidding. It’s definitely the world. There’s madness afoot, I tell you. Sheer stark-raving March Madness out there. And not the fun basketball kind, either. But I bet you already knew that. But then again, I […]

Ravi, Rush, and a Ravishing Italian… on Ash Wednesday

This is a tale of a progressive post. It all started with wanting to write about Ravi Zacharias, as up until a few hours or so ago, it was the bloggiest thing to do, at least in certain bloggy circles. And what good am I as a blogger, anyway, if I don’t seize the moment […]

MISFIT MONDAY: A Random Haiku or two… for you

Hither and thitherwe flit, float, and never reachwe endlessly search ******************************* You see those three dots…ah, the anticipation…what will they text next? ********************************* teeny critter tracksin the freshly fallen snowit never gets old ********************************* It’s Valentine’s DayJust kidding, you still have time!Go on, get going ********************************* Too free for the boundToo tethered for deludedAh, that […]

PODCAST: Eryn Eddy thinks you are So Worth Loving. Yes. You!

Happy New-ish Year! Yeah, I know, we’re a month in… but since this is the first official Misfit Podcast of 2021, I’m ok with the idea of milking a fresh start as long as possible. And this fun and depth-filled conversation with social entrepreneur, story teller and creative director Eryn Eddy, might I say, is […]

Misfit Monday: What the World Needs Now

I think we can all agree, the one thing that brings us all together in these troubled times is the debt of gratitude we all owe to this man. “Who the heck is he, and why should I be grateful?” you say? Oh, you know him. Or I should say, you know his work.Or I […]