Still Working on my Handstand. Still Missing Dad.
Last Father’s Day, Elephant Journal published this blog post I wrote about my dad. It’s a good read for…
Throw Back Thursday
When I was in high school, I hung out with a group of guys, all a bit older than…
Choose to See Magic
Whenever I’m on a roll (existentially at least), I find pennies. I’m not talking about a sporadic coin here…
Go Forward For Humanity
On a recent job interview with a Wake Forest alumna, the interviewer looked at her resume and asked, “What…
Mother’s Day Redux
I posted this piece last year as we neared Mother’s Day. I was still living in the jungles of…
What an Orca Can Tell You About Leaving Your Job
I’ve been writing for some time about living in the “alternate universe–” meaning, life on the surface at work…
Employee Appreciation Day
I used to have employees of the two-legged variety–and many of them remain good friends to this day. Nowadays,…
Our Idols are Human Too
I never imagined wanting to come to John Travolta’s defense. But amidst all the post-Oscar Travolfrenzy about his on-stage butchering of Idina Menzel’s name,…
Creating Space to Think
I’ve been thinking about thinking lately. Mostly, that we don’t cultivate the time to do it anymore. I used…