Musings: How’s It Going?

For those of you working your way through the Fall Reading list challenge, you’re probably about half to three-quarters through by now. How’s it going? As you think back on …

Musings: On Seaside Ports and Lobster Roll

A lot of basic schemas in life are incredibly inefficient: Marriage…Sleep…Eating…Sex (not in that order)…Caring for anything from goldfish to elderly parents. Relationships, at their core, are inefficient. I savor …

Musings: Generation whY

“I was raised up believing I was somehow unique Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see And now after some thinking, I’d say I’d …

Musings: The Written Word

It’s comical browsing The New York Times’ most e-mailed headlines to see a piece on the lamented end of handwriting rank #1. This particular article is worth a skim if …

Musings: Anne Lamott

Every single thing that has ever happened to me is mine. –Anne Lamott “Well, that’s a double-edged sword.” I thought to myself while digging out from under a pile of …

Musings: Seth Godin

Finally got around to reading The Dip. Godin is sometimes considered reductionistic, but I like his white linen approach. It clarifies in all the places I obfuscate. Case in point, …

Musings: Joan Didion

I’ve taken a week off from work to tackle a long to-do list.  I have a pile of information to absorb and as I do that, I’ll be sharing some …