At first it was just a tickle in my throat. It was a minor annoyance, like clearing my throat wasn’t possible. That turned into a persistent cough that I couldn’t shake for a few days. Other than that, I felt fine.
I went out for a 12-mile run despite the…
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Like any good Twitter meme, I stole it.
I saw my friend Rochelle tweet this link during the height of the Kanye in the White House mania. …
For my 40th birthday, I decided to get a tattoo.
I chose a Zen Buddhist phrase that has resonated for years with me:
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.
I’ve long taught in creativity classes to college students that thinking…
It can be hard for runners to let go of a bad race.
We beat ourselves up, question where in our training or on the course it went wrong, and sulk as we either avoid returning to running or jump back way too quickly.
A few years ago, my response…
Wendy’s is testing a new plant-based bean burger. They’re rolling it out in three cities that may not be the first to come to mind when you think of vegetarian options: Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio.
“Wrong cities to test!” responded one internet commentator. “I think those cities especially Jacksonville…
In 2021 I’m featuring people on a Creative Journey. This is №8 in the series, featuring CJ Foeckler, photographer.
I quit my agency job of almost 19 years to pursue my dream of being a full-time freelance photographer. I was an art director at a marketing company where my role…
In 2021 I’m featuring people on a Creative Journey during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is №7 in the series, featuring Brian Anderson, co-founder of Fathering Together and the Dads with Daughters Facebook group.
My current creative venture is called Fathering Together, a 501c3 non-profit building virtual communities of support for…
This is the first book I could finish since COVID. It’s not the first book I thought I wanted to read, especially after our family got COVID. It’s a painful topic I’d rather quickly forget and move on from, like the rest of us.
But veteran science writer Debora Mackenzie’s…
In 2021 I’m featuring people on a Creative Journey during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is №6 in the series, featuring Chris Luecke, founder of Manufacturing Happy Hour.
I’ll start by saying this: If you stick with a creative venture long enough and that venture addresses a gap in the market…
Inspired by Will Leitch’s How Long Is a Year, Anyway?
Emails from one year ago are a time capsule, like the March 2020 calendar that still hangs in my office. Here are 10 quotes from emails I sent a year ago, when we hoped this would be over by the…
Educator. Podcast addict. Wrote a book about creativity: http://bit.ly/thecreativejourney
