The windows of our hotel room only open about three inches. That’s not enough to get a good breeze going, but it’s enough to move out some of the stale, … Continue reading The Crucial and Elusive Morning Routine
I went to my second Toastmasters meeting tonight. It was the same club as last week, just my second time there. During the first half of the meeting, one woman … Continue reading Hello? Is This Thing On?
A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion by Oliver Van DeMille My rating: 5 of 5 stars Do you know that thing where, when you’re pondering what direction to take, everything … Continue reading Lessons for Life: A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion
I once mixed up Ken Kesey (author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and Alfred Kinsey (author of the Kinsey Reports on human sexual behavior). Another time I confused … Continue reading The Pain of the Verbal Gaffe
“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.” — Leonardo da Vinci (today’s Moment of Happiness from Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project) A couple of days ago during a conversation … Continue reading An Embarrassment of Polo Shirts
As we begin our last week in housing limbo and the last week of my Happiness Project, I’m thinking a lot about what I want to take with me and … Continue reading Compiling a Packing List for my Emotional Baggage
Back in the day (“the day” being the 18th and 19th century), Massachusetts was largely farmland. Most of the trees had been cut down when the land was “improved” to … Continue reading Take a Hike! Chestnut Hill Farm
This is the photo I took in response to this week’s photo challenge by The Daily Post. I’m not a photographer, but I like taking photos, especially for this type of … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Hot
I answered Susan Cain’s call Tuesday night. On her blog, QUIET: The Power of Introverts, she has the Year of Speaking Dangerously challenge. Week One’s challenge was to find two … Continue reading And Now…a Toast
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the cover of this book there’s a quote from The Boston Globe about how Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become … Continue reading Rethinking Tolerance: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Update of the Update: The link to the new Page should work now. Sorry for leading you astray. After posting yesterday, I discovered that I could, in fact, migrate my … Continue reading Update: A Compromise
Here’s the deal: I watched The Social Network the other night. I realize that it’s a fictional portrayal of Zuckerberg and the real life of this real person was Hollywoodized … Continue reading The Social Dilemma
Imperfect Happiness 