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2016 — A Year in Review
2016. A Year in Review 2016. What a year, huh? Judging from a random sampling of my Facebook friends, most folks seem to think that it is in the…
Top Ten Books to Read in 2017
I read a lot – I average a book a week, sometimes more. I read a lot of good books in 2016, and when I do I try to share.…
BOOK REVIEW: Midlife Happy Hour
Midlife Happy Hour: Our Reward for Surviving Careers, Kids, and Chaos (Midlife Cabernet Book 2) Midlife Cabernet, by Elaine Ambrose, raises a glass to the advantages of late middle…
Middle School Bathroom Ballet
Sometime in late October, I fell out of my car. I have a thousand excuses, none of them particularly good, including “there was stuff in my hands so I couldn’t…
BOOK REVIEW: The Gentleman
The Gentleman: A Novel The Gentleman, by Forrest Leo, is a fun novel, creative and entertaining. In it, Lionel Strange, a fair-to-middling poet brimming with unearned self-confidence finds himself…
Way Back in the Way Back.
Back before the laws of physics were passed and no one wore seat belts because we all believed it would be safer to be ‘flung free,’ my parents owned a…
BOOK REVIEW: The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Every once in a while I read a book that completely reorders the way I…
Chapped Lips and the Evolution of Smooth
Back in the day when I was serious about being a flute player, I was mildly obsessed with chapped lips. Especially so in the dry winter. Chapped lips could make…
Grits & Vegemite
I have a friend named Alex, who is the mistress of www.alexchristopherwrites.com and the creator of “Visibility Coaching.” Alex lives in Australia, which is about as far from my house in…