The older couple next to me does their ritual. One man unfolds the plastic wrap around a single sandwich and puts each half on separate plates. The other guy uncorks a bottle of wine and fills 2 plastic cups to exactly the same height. They sit in low-back chairs with their bare … Read more...
The Helping Bug
To give you an idea as to how much I think about helping people find their way…
As I was reading a self-help book written in the nineties, I found myself putting aside my own growth to counsel the previous owner of the book who had carefully underlined significant passages a… Read more...
My Red Nikes
I have a pair of red Nikes that make me happy whenever I wear them. They’re classics, They’re perfect, but it’s not their appearance that makes me so happy. Not the comfort either, and they’re damn comfortable.
I was visiting my brother in LA, just me this … Read more...
Kidsized Thoughts
I got to be small for 5 hours between San Francisco and D.C…
Sitting in a plane by the bathroom allows you to experience the world as a child sees it.
There is a continuous line of towering adults standing just inches from you, not paying attention to you, talking above you i… Read more...
Stress Dreams
I had a stress dream about being surrounded by skunks, hundreds of them closing in on my feet. I kept thinking, I should jump away, I should jump away, but I can’t jump away because then they’ll attack. So I just stood there, immobile and stressed, until I woke up.
The… Read more...
Wrong Number
(45 sec read)
Am I the only one who loves to dial wrong numbers?
It’s a surefire way to catch someone off guard, in the midst of their normal goings-on. You’re instantly a fly on the wall.
Both parties may suspect something is up right away but there’s still that … Read more...
The Return Key
(1 min read)
We humans are adaptable creatures.
I have an ancient keyboard that I keep around because I love the clickety-click springiness of the keys. That said, it’s old, so the return key sticks. And when I say sticks, I mean at least 4-5 times per day when I hit the ret… Read more...
Automatic Growth
(1 min read)
How’s this for irony? I skipped my morning routine to write a book on the importance of having a morning routine.
Doh!
It’s so easy to slip up.
Even when we know exactly what we need to do to stay on course, we very simply just don’t do it – a un… Read more...
Nice Things
(2 min read)
Within a few minutes of my daughters being back together in the same space after 2 weeks apart, every room in the house has earned a bit of dishevelment: the drapes awry, a scrunchie discarded on the floor, a lollipop licked once and left exposed on the bureau, the r… Read more...
So Many Todays
(1 min read)
I was trying to explain a calendar to my 3-year old who keeps asking when her momma and sissy are coming home from Japan.
I drew out rows of smiley faces – seven across and four down.
“See,” I pointed with my finger. “We count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7̷… Read more...