I yearn to create writing that is imaginative, playful, honest, and luscious — and to do so on a consistent basis. Writing is not only an...

A few months ago, a friend and I decided that we would do 40 extraordinary things to celebrate our 40th birthdays. Mine is coming up in a...

I love to read. An early precocious reader, I worked my way through chapter books in kindergarten and by the end of elementary school,...

Diets suck…the life out of our days, the days out of our years. Anything that is restrictive in such a way can only have short-lived,...

A few years ago, when visiting a major museum in the Mid-Atlantic area which shall remain unnamed, I was absolutely mortified when an...

There is an Iroquois doctrine which states that people ought to take into consideration the potential impact that their actions could...

When driving home from work one evening, I saw a beautiful rainbow stretch across the sky. As I approached the stop light which granted...

People have been seizing the day since Horace offered this delicious phrase to the world in 23 BCE. Yet over time, we intuitively fall...

I recently met someone whose perception of the proper intersection of authenticity and propriety was skewed slightly differently than...

My life has been a series of unfinished projects. Yes, I have seen many books, reports, home repairs, and other projects to their...

When watching CBS Sunday Morning on, when else, a Sunday morning, I learned that more video is uploaded to YouTube every minute than I...

I went to the doctor today for what thankfully turned out to be a pesky little virus. As has happened in the past, my blood pressure was...

Not too long ago while at lunch with friends, one of them remarked about an insensitive comment made by a mutual acquaintance. Having...