Clara says to me, "Hey Dad, I memorized some of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe." Then she smiles and adds, "Just for fun." Because that is who she is.

I'm standing at a table at WBUR CitySpace, filling out a form to compete in this evening's Moth StorySLAM. It's quite the questionnaire. Questions about my name, the pronunciation of…

I played golf yesterday afternoon with a man named John. We approached the first tee box about the same time, so he asked if I would like to join him.…

In a meeting with a mother this week during parent-teacher conferences, she told me, "I did a great job" related to an aspect of her parenting. I loved this. I…

After years of managing restaurants and working with the leaders of small businesses, large corporations, school systems, religious institutions, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and more, I offer you this theory of…

I chaperoned my son's field trip to the Connecticut Science Center last week. Hundreds of kids from at least three schools migrated through the building in loud, energetic waves. I…

As someone who is asked quite often to provide a bio for an upcoming storytelling show, a literary festival, a corporate training session, a magazine piece, or, yesterday, for the…

Here's my idea: Put up a sign that announces something very appealing and fantastic. An event that would excite the masses. List the date of the event as “Yesterday.” Wouldn't…

While chaperoning Charlie's field trip to the Connecticut Science Center, a student asked me, "Why are you so rich, but Charlie isn't?" I was befuddled. I actually asked the boy…

On the fourth hole at Buena Vista golf course last week, a 150-yard par 3 from an elevated tee box, I hit my tee shot high and true. It's a…