Posted On: January 3, 2023
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Finally, something we all agree on: It’s a new year! So for starters, let loose your inner artist. You’ll feel better and everyone will love it!
Lose weight? Too old and tired. Work out more?…
Posted On: September 30, 2022
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One month ago to the day, the lakes (the lucky ones!) were abloom with these indigenous lilies that take your breath away and beg loudly to pose in the sun.
The lovely White Water Lily,…
Posted On: August 29, 2022
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Magazines, once thriving lifestyle and status tools, are now headed toward extinction.
Welcome to Marketing Monday (MM), our periodic dive into all things design, branding, advertising, wily wordsmithing, and more. Your site host (one Kirk…
Posted On: August 8, 2022
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Can you even imagine how a reduction in work hours would pep up employees?
As BreakAway’s ReWorking series continues to examine how US working norms transform in a (post?) pandemic world, today we look at…
Posted On: July 21, 2022
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Summertime…and the livin’ is easy. (I should really trademark that…)
Yowza! A month has flown by with nary a rant, snappy FotoFriday, or challenging jabberwocky. No wonder the landlines and faxes have been rattling; the…
Posted On: April 7, 2022
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If buildings can bend, like these in NYC, then bosses can too when it’s time to encourage employee BreakAways.
Honestly, the flurry of sabbatical and career-break ink of late has been dizzying. At some point…
Posted On: January 24, 2022
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We all seek light, and often find it in faraway people and places.
Most people have never heard of Thich Nhat Hanh. But for some of us, just knowing about him became life-changing. He died…
Posted On: December 17, 2021
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If you conquer fear, you can do dangerous things worry-free!
As I write this near St. Paul, news radio keeps telling us about yesterday’s weather records: Highest temperature; highest dewpoint; first December tornado(s); first December…
Posted On: September 14, 2021
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Hello Friends. Are you there? Maybe so, maybe not, because we may have lost subscribers due to a terrible tech snafu—not the Russians, not hackers, just one of those lamentable collapses that happens. Perhaps you’ve…
Posted On: June 25, 2021
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In this whirling, churlish world, the full moon remains one peaceful event the whole planet adores.
The full moon showed her lovely face last (Thursday) night—startlingly radiant in gold and hinting of many nicknames. To…