pondering

This is not a typical blog post (although please don’t ask me to describe what is a typical blog post is). Instead, below you'll find an essay, entitled "Out of Order." I started it about three years ago, and finished it in January of 2013, eight…

I had an enlightening lunch the other day. I was with two colleagues, and we were talking about social media. One of these colleagues is what I would call “off the social media grid”: no Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, a little-used Pinterest…

My kid keeps getting nervous and crying in the mornings before school. Kindergarten is practically over. I don’t know why we’ve come back to the nerves he started the year with. But here we are. My tendency—as any parent’s would be—has been…

The other morning, I was brushing my teeth, and my super power popped into my head. I had been turning around in my mind what I thought it could be, ever since I read Gay Hendricks book, The Big Leap (after reading this post by my friend and colleague,…

It’s amazing how many people pull up to an intersection and turn right, without ever actually looking in the direction they’re turning. (As a runner, I see this daily—and I’ve learned to be very careful when crossing intersections.) They get a…