Posted On: January 4, 2013
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
I just love this picture from last spring! Why? Let me count the (11) reasons why…
Baseball remains the most interesting, strategic, nonviolent game around.
My son, somewhere in…
Posted On: November 29, 2012
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Ideally, the teen years should be a time of finding your freedom, growing with gusto and hanging with friends (no, not the app). Sadly, those “Happy Days” have devolved instead into an extended chapter of…
Posted On: September 9, 2012
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Happiness gets a lot of attention. In fact, Americans seem obsessed with it (or the pursuit of it). This closet curmudgeon sometimes gets crabby about this simplistic word—and wonders if we ought not to increase…
Posted On: June 27, 2012
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One Mission of this BreakAway: Show the kids their heritage. Like all good writing teachers preach: Show, don’t tell. So we’re here—not just listening to Grandma’s tales or eating lefse at Christmas. It’s working, mostly,…
Posted On: April 22, 2012
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A few nights ago, I returned from an event to join my extended family—which in this case included five children in a living room. They were gathered in darkness around a blaring TV. Four of…
Posted On: April 9, 2012
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Dan Buettner, a local boy done real good, is changing the way the world feels about being blue. His original Blue Zones book and the latest Thrive are selling by the boatload—with evergreen promises like…
Posted On: April 3, 2012
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Not yet. But stick around a few years. Time Warner did a study recently, and survey sez…
If they had to give up one thing, here’s what New Yorkers would give up:
32% would give…
Posted On: March 16, 2012
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A group of guy pals celebrated a friend’s retirement last week. He’s earned it; he’s ready. So what’s next?
I have no idea!”
he answered with a cunning grin.
He does still have a kid…
Posted On: February 18, 2012
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Chest pain. All new. Not good. So on Wednesday, when it hadn’t stopped for three days and the pain scale hit 6 on the 10 scale, I called McHealth. They insisted I go straight to…
Posted On: January 1, 2012
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Maybe a year runs too long. In today’s nano-second culture, who has the attention span to make changes for 365 days? We’re too busy making changes every nine seconds, if only in our screen lives. …
