Small victories on the golf course
Professional golfer Lee Westwood missed the ball completely at last weekend’s Player’s Championship. Yes, he had to hit a tree in order to miss, but still, he missed the ball.…
How To Be A Grownup in 10 Steps
Kelly Williams Brown's book Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps is reportedly “the most helpful guide to becoming a successful adult you'll ever find.” Publisher’s Weekly…
107 Federal Street back in business
My sister and I write a blog together about our childhood called 107 Federal Street (our childhood home address). It’s my underhanded way of mining my sister for stories about…
Speak Up date announced!
Please mark your calendars! Our next Speak Up storytelling event will take place on Saturday, September 28 at 7:00 PM at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT. We are currently…
I’m not spiteful. I’m “aggressively moralistic.”
For a long time, I have claimed that spite is one of the best reasons to do anything. I’ve cited examples in which authors and scientists have used spite to…
The perfect Mother’s Day gift or the worst Mother’s Day gift of all time? I’m not sure.
I bought my wife a cookbook for Mother’s Day. It was a book that my daughter and son were going to give her as their gift. I was extremely proud…
Jack’s magic beans have a better chance of working than this.
I live in a perpetual state of existential crisis. Though I may have been born this way, I suspect that two near-death experiences and an armed robbery that left me…
The two best pieces of writing advice that Roger Ebert ever received
I’m listening to Roger Ebert’s memoir and loving every minute of it. The two best pieces of writing advice that he was ever given (forgive me for forgetting the…
Why you shouldn’t tell your kid to fight back
As a teacher, I often find myself in the position of telling a parent (most often a father) that it is a bad idea to encourage his or her child…
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