From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Bring Your Pillow

January 14, 2010

This week I’ve been spending a lot of time at the hospital with a friend who is going through a rough time. It’s remarkable to see friends and family support each other.  People cry, people knit, people eat, people chat. We touch each other, we hug, we linger. And sometimes, really late, people sleep. I [...]

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Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance

January 7, 2010

All my Facebook friends know that I have a huge brain-crush on Dan Pink. Who wouldn’t? First, he wrote one of my favorite books of all time, “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.” It was like the perfect blind date. I needed to meet some new ideas after marinating for 20 [...]

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Who Wants to Lick the Icing?

January 4, 2010

Most blogs don’t survive to the one year mark. In fact most blogs – over 95% – are considered abandoned within four months (and it’s probably more like one month). But this one made it and today I’m officially sticking a candle in it and singing “Happy Birthday.” But like any first year of life, [...]

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