I’ve gotten a few reminders lately reminding me to “not take things so personally.” Grrr. Rarely do I respond positively…

Sometimes (I mean often) I’m a geek for etymology. If I get a word stuck in my head, which happens…

I don’t know where I heard this metaphor about grief — that it’s like a ball in a box with…

I was reminded recently of Aristotle’s assertion that to extend trust is more valuable than to be trustworthy.  I’ve been…

A man walks down the street, says “Why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in…

I can’t tell if this is an interesting etymological revelation, or if it’s something that everyone else has always already…

I’m not coming up with my usual smart answers. I’ve been racking my noggin’ to craft a clever and pithy…

I was utterly charmed by the way English was spoken in London — the particular words and phrases we’d hear…

There was a video on social media a few weeks ago in which a high-school student filmed her classmates and…

Several years ago I created a short quiz for a class I was teaching. I presented participants with lines of…

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” - Madeleine L’Engle…

You’ve probably heard the old story about the farmer whose horse ran away. When they heard, the farmer’s neighbors gathered…