I thought it would be the other way around.  Spearheading the (near-future) launch of my mother vintage Etsy store, I thought there might be some reluctance to let things go. Instead, she’s willingly taken a deep dive into the process, eager to research and list a small mountain o...

Only this morning did it occur to me that the experience has all the hallmarks of an alien abduction. You’re minding your own business when suddenly you’re trapped, encased in a weird prism of green light. The next thing you know, you’re hovering through the air, floating in space. You’r...

It was something between a gasp and a shriek, and, in retrospect, an altogether fitting reaction. My own was more a quiet appreciation of the quirky irony of it all. You see, I found myself this morning at a charity tag sale held seasonally in a 6,000 square foot barn. Moments ...

They could not be more different. One lives 2 years; the other 60-70. One’s heart beats 600 times per minute, the other 30. From conception, one gestates for just 20 days; the other, 660 (almost 2 years)! Their social behavior also differs widely, ranging from solitary or small-g...

As they say in celebrity speak, it’s “having a moment.” Never before has it received this level of recognition—this month’s meditation theme [HERE]—and all of it has been universally positive. I’m not sure if it’s geographically-related or simply something that’s happening in the culture. ...

Emily Dickinson said it way before Selena Gomez did. In her 1862 letter to her friend Mary Bowles, Dickinson wrote “The heart wants what it wants —or else it does not care.” It could also be argued, the same is true for the stomach. In her 2023 memoir, Barbra Streisand...

Yes, I have a new archenemy—more on that in a moment—but during my daily hikes with Vlad, I’ve been trying to focus on other things instead. One of them is a curious sign—one I somehow missed the first time we encountered it, though fortunately, without any dire consequences. It’s found before o...

Somehow the moment was both intensely moving…and a little creepy. Before some major project launches this Spring, I’ve been skimming through notes from various trainings I’ve taken, focusing mostly on branding and strategy. At one point I uploaded some course transcripts into ChatGPT, hopin...

Granted, my ideas for it tended toward the traditional, even the tame. Soon after, he found his own way to celebrate the occasion (more on that soon). Anyway, I thought Vlad would enjoy celebrating his 4th birthday todaywith his cousins—my sister’s two six-month-old pups. They all get along famous...