Posted On: November 13, 2013
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Like many of us, my lists have lists—and my journals have journals. Any more, the “journals” come in myriad forms: notebooks, tablets, folders, docs, and even crumpled Post-its. Atop that proverbial pile sits boxes of…
Posted On: October 23, 2013
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A son’s friend asked me the other day, “Do you think I could learn to play guitar?”
I had just tuned up my Yamaha full body from the 70s—and took the opportunity to make a…
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: June 5, 2012
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The Literary Committte had bigger topics, and the family blender was on puree. But the day came down to a cat. She put up with the transfer like a real gamer, but you could see…
Posted On: March 7, 2012
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Many a smoker has discovered that they could definitively kick nicotine only after they quit a job, avoided a happy hour, or moved away. Yes, moving: Sometimes the best way to achieve a goal or…
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. …
Posted On: September 17, 2011
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Survey sez…
32% of parents play computer games with their children every day
80% described this as quality time
Source: PopCap Games
Screen living continues to turn us on. If 80% of parents say Guitar…
Posted On: March 12, 2011
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Spiritual seekers keep an open mind—and enter open doors. On Ash Wednesday, my car parked itself and my legs followed hundreds of others who were quietly striding over the ice to commemorate the first day…
Posted On: January 1, 2011
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Folks have been making self-improvement promises since, well, Babylonia. The Romans did it too—while worshipping the two-faced god Janus (no relation to the mutual fund, but closely related to the month). Nowadays, resolutions make for…
Posted On: April 16, 2010
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When schlepping more stuff into the house the other day, a brilliant idea hit me:
How about a family project in which we try to acquire nothing new for one month. (Okay, except for food…
