There was a time, a long time ago, when I was going through a divorce and could only focus on a few hours at a time. To think about surviving a whole weekend seemed impossible, but I could damn well make it to noon. That strategy stayed with me until I got...
I have never been in more uncomfortable seats in my life, and that’s saying something since I’ve flownon dozens of cramped, small planes with no leg room unless you’re under four feet tall. But these seatswere the absolute worst. I was sitting in the Schubert Theater...
Poor Mrs. Stafford. She stood up, looked at us and yelled something like, “I’ve had it with all of you.” We had never seen our junior high teacher get rattled, and certainly she had never yelled at us (which we richly deserved). I think it was her equivalent...
Nod if you’ve ever heard someone say “It’s just how I am, I can’t help it.” What a catch phrase for anything we don’t want to put the energy and time into changing. Of course, we aren’t just the way we are with no tools to change, but it can be a handy...
