Practicing your speech in front of a mirror makes no sense
Over the past four years, in addition to working with hundreds of storytellers who have performed in our Speak Up shows, I've also been working fairly regularly as a coach…
Over the past four years, in addition to working with hundreds of storytellers who have performed in our Speak Up shows, I've also been working fairly regularly as a coach…
My latest humor column in the fall edition of Seasons magazine published this weekend. You can read it online here if you're not lucky enough to receive home delivery. Scroll…
I have been in many locker rooms and on many golf courses throughout my life. I have worked in fast-food restaurants and diners, and on construction sites. I have attended…
There is nothing more humbling and thrilling than receiving fan art from a reader. I've received quite a bit over the years and seen even more on social media and…
A local lawn company sent a solicitor to my door last week. He and I had the following exchange: TruGreen man: Hello, I was treating your neighbor's lawn today and…
I was in the bread aisle of the local Stop & Shop last week when a woman stopped me and asked, "Why are you always running through this grocery store?"…
Want to know how I think? How I exist? I was standing on the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge in Simsbury, CT, with my wife and children. It was a…
Clara just hung this on the pantry door and announced that she's running for President of the Upstairs. "Upstairs needs some rules," she says. Her platform: Make your bed. (which…
I'm a reluctant atheist (I wish I had faith in a higher power but haven't managed to find it yet), but I can certainly get behind the belief that hate…
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Survived four days at Camp Jewell with 103 fifth graders. I got a cold, but that was it. 2. Lose 20 pounds. STILL 17 pounds…