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“Ahh, home. Let me come home. Home is wherever I’m with you.” (“Home,” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) I’m a sucker for songs about home. From Phillip Phillips to Billy Joel, I can’t get enough of people crooning about…Read More
I spent the weekend Rainbow Loom-ing with my kid, Max. It’s stupid outside, so really, what else is there to do? He has been asking for a kit since last year, when his kindergarten classmates first started showing up with bracelets. I foresaw tiny…Read More
We don’t have an ocean in Ohio. We don’t have centuries-old ruins or tourist magnet cities. We’ve got good things, though, if you know where to look. So, a few weeks ago, when my husband and I decided we desperately needed a weekend to ourselves…Read More
As you gear up for the new year (I’m SO ready for a new year), it’s time to take a fresh look at your company’s story—specifically, the opportunities out there to tell your story that you might be overlooking. Some of you are already doing a…Read More
One of my goals as a writer is to sell an essay to the “Lives” column of the New York Times Magazine. If you haven’t read Lives, it’s the magazine’s backpage essay that tells a short personal story. (Here’s a great collection.) It’s not…Read More