Optimism is kind of like eating kale
I am an eternal optimist. I’ve been told - many times - that this is empirically ridiculous given the life that I’ve led, but wait. Yes, I was arrested and…
Resolution update: October 2019
Each month I review the progress of my yearly goals and report on that progress as a means of holding myself accountable. Here are the results for October. __________________________________ PERSONAL…
Speak Up Storytelling #70: Live from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (Part 1)
On episode #70 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, special guest Jeni Bonaldo and I talk storytelling! This week's episode features the first half of a storytelling show at Kripalu…
Live from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (Part 1)
On episode #70 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, special guest Jeni Bonaldo and I talk storytelling! This week's episode features the first half of a storytelling show at Kripalu…
Can starting your day with a smile really change your mood and improve your heath?
I read that smiling when you wake up can be very beneficial. Supposed health benefits include: When you smile your body releases the feel-good neurotransmitters dopamine and endorphins. This means…
Quarry thoughts
I found these declarations of love carved into rock at a quarry in Dorsett, Vermont. Being a person in a constant state of existential crisis, I couldn’t help but wonder…
I could run a turn on 10:1, and it was unbelievable
Back in the day, I could run a turn on 10:1 by myself. 10:1 is the meat used in a McDonald’s hamburger and cheeseburger, so named because there are ten…
Trump ruins everything
As Elysha so rightly pointed out, Donald Trump find a way to ruin a lot of things, including some unintentionally. This placemat of the President of the United States is…
Matthew Dicks: “Noah Webster House Improv”
On episode #69 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha Dicks and I talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss my recent forays to Moth StorySLAM in New…
This is a hell of a schedule…
Think you’re busy? Think your daily grind is too much of a grind? Check out the daily schedule of the Carthusian monks of Mount Equinox in Vermont. It’s the last…
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