A recent New York Times piece by Ann Carrns describes the new business called WeddingGiftRefund.com. The site works like this. When you buy a wedding gift, you register on the…
I’ve been a fan of the Canadian band Moxy Fruvous for a long time, and as a result, I assumed everyone else was as well. But when I mentioned this…
Tonight I am grateful for Brenda Copeland, my editor and friend. I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with Brenda at the Newburyport Literary Festival. When we weren’t speaking…
According to Gallup's annual Economy and Personal Finance survey, the average non-retired American now expects to retire at age 67, up from age 63 a decade ago and age 60…
I watch this and can’t help but think that I am the luckiest man in the world.
Three months ago, the Patriots lost the Super Bowl. On Thursday night they began drafting new players for the upcoming season. In the past couple weeks we’ve received the schedule…
We’re sitting in a booth at one of our favorite restaurants, and she is ordering me to draw shapes. She’s bossy like that.
I’m in Newburyport, MA at a literary festival this weekend. Tonight I am grateful for snippets of video like this, which make the time away from my little girl a…
Parents and teachers often ask me about how my students so consistently fall in love with writing. The answer to this question could probably fill a book, but here is…
Maybe you knew this existed already, but I did not. And while I have been told that it is actually a well written, well edited, fairly esteemed publication, I can’t…
