It's not often that a real person who exists within a fictional story gives you an object that represents a critical moment from that story. It probably happens as often…

I had a delicious, delightful dinner at The Perfect Wife in Manchester Center, Vermont, this weekend.  As we waited for the check, I excused myself to use the restroom. I…

Elysha and I went to Vermont this weekend, leaving the children behind with their grandparents. We returned on Sunday afternoon to find our living room television wired to an Apple…

It began five years ago. I was listening to a podcast called Books on the Nightstand when its hosts, Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness, proposed that perhaps some listeners might want…

My favorite Patriots hat has been missing for more than a week. When I went to Boston earlier in the week to tell a story, I had to wear an…

It's not what you think. It's true that on Tuesday night, I won The Moth's StorySLAM in Boston. It's also true that my friend, Plato, finished in second place — the…

If you're running a workshop, speaking at a conference, or providing training to employees, and you tell attendees they may take a bio-break, they should carry you to the restroom…

PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I am not dead. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I lost three pounds in April, bringing my total weight loss to four pounds. Not exactly on…

Too much screen time is not a good thing, but if the kids are going to use the iPad, finding them squeezed onto a single chair, sharing the iPad and talking…