Author Archives: LornaGovier

About LornaGovier

Lorna Govier lives in Tucson, AZ.

Startup Tantrums

In Mid September 2014, I assisted in running Startup Weekend Kids. It is a morning long event during Startup Weekend Tucson to give kids a really great introduction into the world of the business startup company. I think it is … Continue reading

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Death!

The truth is, we all are going to have to face this issue. It is just hard to get our heads around it. According to The Onion’s headline, World Death Remains Steady at 100%, it is undeniable. Still, we kid … Continue reading

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Love Songs

Writing songs this month has been awesome. It has been freeing to put my thoughts and words into a tune. I’ve needed to share some of these thoughts for a very long time and they have been leaping out into … Continue reading

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Paradise

I am grateful and blessed to accompany my husband on a conference to Hawaii. I get to relax, ponder, pontificate, putz and bum around to my heart’s content for a whole 10 days with no children. It is awesome. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Design & Build

Having kids grows you up for sure. They teach us so many lessons about ourselves when we introduce them to things we love and explore just by having the advantage of being able to watch them figure things out for the first time. … Continue reading

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Up In the Air

Flying Solo For the first time in 7 years, I am flying on a plane without a child. If you have never flown with little kids before, let me assure you, the experience of flying with and flying without them … Continue reading

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Lorna’s 10 Rules for Living

I had one of those enlightening moments a few weeks ago after searching the web late at night for answers to unanswerable questions. I was in the second week of our family’s cruise through a terrible virus that went through … Continue reading

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Are You a Winner?

For the past year I have regularly attending classes at a nice gym. I really enjoy it; I’ve never  worked out regularly before joining and now I wonder why I waited so long. I thought it would be so much … Continue reading

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Is it Worth it to Follow the Elementary School Holy Grail?

Parents, please weigh in. Is it worth a long drive to give your kid the elementary school education that you dream of for him? Right now, my son attends our neighborhood school. We live in the best school district in … Continue reading

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Space Month!

I meant to write just one more Santa post for 2013 but the snowball rolling down the mountain that is Christmas crushed me yet again. I will table my Santa stuff for next year with no worries. Christmas comes every … Continue reading

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