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When climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in August, 2003 my tent mate Marsha decided to stop speaking to me. We had planned this adventure for months and all of a sudden, she quit talking. I wracked my brain to figure out what I’d done and apologized anyway, but to no avail. I...

When I was 12 years old and felt virtually friendless, I picked up a copy of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Yes, I was a nerd, but I have always gone to books for answers, and as a shy and awkward kid I needed a strategy to succeed. I don’t...

Because I agreed without paying attention, I ended up--along with my daughter and grandson--at Ober Gatlinburg, an alpine amusement park where almost everything includes lots of altitude, of which I am terrified. First there was the chairlift which goes to the top of...