On one of the social media platforms, a woman posted: “One time my dog found a discarded chicken sandwich in…

I don’t use the word “hallow” much.  Practically never.  I might change that. I’m familiar with the idea of hallowed…

I came across an article from a few years ago, by designer-writer-consultant Paul Jarvis. I saved this piece because it…

Travis and I were sharing a bottle of wine on the outside deck of a tasting room on Stearns Wharf,…

A few years ago, my friend Denise shared with me a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi: The town…

To move heaven and earth means to be relentless, to go to the greatest lengths, to give it everything we’ve…

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE MAD THAT YOU FEEL?by Fred M. Rogers, 1968What do you do with the mad…

This Hafiz poem has really been speaking to me this week: This union you wantWith the earth and sky,This union…

I’m not naturally a patient person. Instead of “get well soon,” I send “GET WELL NOW” cards. I’ve learned to…

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain. And most fools do.” — Dale Carnegie Most advice about complaining boils down…

I listened to a podcast with actor James Corden.  For a number of years, he hosted The Late, Late, Show…

Thanks to the clever (and sometimes surprisingly saucy) Merriam-Webster Instagram account, I learned a linguistic term this week: irreversible binomials.…