Learning As I Go: Control issues

I had the wonderful privilege of spending last week at Florida Christian Writers Conference, on the beautiful Lake Yale campus. Yearly, I plan for and anticipate this trip and depend on this conference for connections, direction and time to recharge.  This year, unbeknownst to me, the conference landed in the middle of Madison’s homecoming week. If you live here, you know, but if not, understand that Madison goes all out for their high school football team. The Friday of the game there is