Even other people have noticed the change — “I need some of what you have.” I was not in a restaurant or a store. I was at work calmly discussing with a peer our troubling existence caught between a now-defunct data-based system and a new barely functioning system. This problem was not in our control, thus my calm…

As parents, this is how we helped our children grow into lifelong readers. — Raising a reader is not difficult, but it is more than making sure your children have access to books. It takes dedication. We made reading a family affair. As a result, we raised 2 readers. What started as a nightly bedtime routine, developed into a habit that helped both of…

As a wordsmith, your words are seeds.

You have more to be grateful for than you think. — I never fail to have something to be grateful for. How can this be? My life is ordinary. I have a good life, with a home, food, and health. My ordinary doesn’t look like your ordinary. For all of us, many days look almost identical. You can only write the same thing in your gratitude journal so many times, right? …

I’ve left Facebook.

It snowed.

A book to inspire both readers and writers. — Oliver Sacks looks back at his life in, On the Move. And what a life it was. His life was nothing short of amazing and inspiring. A practicing physician, Oliver Sacks, also saw himself as a writer. It seems to me that I discover my thoughts through the act of…

4 Gifts Less than $40 for the Person You Love — February is the month to show your love to that special person. I’m sure you are already aware of this. …