Miscellaneous

There was a certain amount of study and writing I intended to do this evening. With my coffee perched on the small, round table beside me, I […]

Recently I was at the local Starbucks, studying and writing, when the stranger made himself comfortable. And known. Almost from the moment he sat down in the […]

Just as the start of a new year brings about a flurry of new resolutions and fills gyms for a couple of weeks, the televising of the […]

“You will never believe what just happened!” squeals one friend to another, followed by details told in hurried, clipped tones. When something good, something profound, something dramatic, […]

Have you ever experienced that awkward moment when you approached someone and started talking to them because you thought they were someone else? You thought for sure […]

Mentors … Coaches … Teachers … Counselors … Pastors … Spouses … Friends … Bosses … Horoscopes … Fortune tellers … Fortune cookies … Magical 8 ball […]

Most people think when they watch an Olympic athlete compete for the gold, they’re seeing that athlete performing at that moment the best they ever have. That […]

“Good grief, Charlie Brown!” was the famous refrain of the feisty “Lucy” in the Charles Schultz enduring cartoon series, “Peanuts.” While Lucy used the phrase as an […]