Archive for June 2022

My new book, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life, contains a chapter entitled, “Be a Criminal.” The lesson of the chapter is this: Sometimes we need to bend or break the rules in order to succeed. If we spend our lives walking the straight and narrow, we will miss…

A Rhode Island man recently achieved a goal he spent nearly two decades working toward  — earning his Ph.D. and becoming a physicist. At Brown University, no less. A prestigious Ivy League university. That accomplishment would be impressive enough, but what makes Manfred Steiner achievement truly remarkable is that he’s 90 years-old. Steiner successfully defended…

“Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life” publishes today! My book’s birthday! It’s a book written to help anyone who wants to accomplish almost anything in this world. In you have a dream that you’ve been chasing, or perhaps you have a dream that you’ve been putting off for years,…

I despise pickles. They are a despicable, hideous creation. They are also one of the only foods that are capable of contaminating their environment and ruining a perfectly good meal. Open a jar of pickles and everything in the room will smell and even taste a little bit like a pickle. Stick a pickle on…

I was interviewed by a reporter from Newington Life about my upcoming book “Someday Is Today.” Available wherever you get books on Tuesday, June 7. After the interview, Charlie popped into the room to say hello and get famous. The reporter asked Charlie what he and I like to do together. “Mostly we beat each…

In December of 1967, Lyndon Johnson made an unscheduled, unannounced visit to the Vatican. The visit was so unannounced that even the Pope Paul VI – recovering from a recent, undisclosed surgery – didn’t know he was coming. The helicopter carrying President Johnson landed in the Vatican gardens, shocking the Pope and the residents of…

I’m lying on my back beneath a pine tree alongside one of my students. It’s Field Day at my school, and we’re enjoying a break together. We’re staring into the branches and at the sky above. I’m talking to him about the benefits of spending time in forests and staring into trees. To his credit,…

Elysha and I hosted a barbecue on Sunday. Our backyard and deck were filled with neighbors and friends. I had a joyous time for many reasons, but the one that will stand out for me will be the presence of Allison. I first met Allison back in 1999 as a 7 year-old second grader in…

Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the result from May 2022. PERSONAL FITNESS 1. Don’t die. Happily healthy. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I lost one pound in May. I’ve lost a whopping three pounds…