The first night I spent in my house was December 31, 1999. David and I had spent over a year pouring concrete, nailing boards and installing windows. On that night, we still needed to hang drywall, build shelves and tile the bathrooms. We had no electricity or running water, but we enclosed what would eventually […]
I got stuck in a turtleneck last year and almost died. As I attempted to pull my favorite wool/cashmere blend sweater over my head, it got trapped on my glasses, the fabric sealing my mouth and triggering my animal brain. I panicked, tried to scream for help, which only pulled more fabric down my throat. […]
The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and […]
There were once two fathers, one rich and one destitute. The wealthy man took his son to the highest peak in the village and said, “Look. Someday this will all be yours.” The poor man took his son to the same place and said, “Look.” Let it sink in before you read on. Who is […]
In 1765, the daughter of French philosopher Denis Diderot was engaged. But Diderot was too poor to provide a dowry. So he sold his collection of books, known as La Encyclopédie, to Catherine the Great for a great sum of money. Suddenly flush, he paid a handsome dowry for his daughter and bought a beautiful […]
The world’s most successful people all have a structured morning routine. They know that we should intentionally start the way we want to finish. Are you someone who hits the snooze button until the last minute and then rushes around to get to work or school? The snooze button is simply another arrival fantasy, a […]
