The Dog Says No

(As a creative editing/writing exercise I decided to reduce some of my earlier blogs to 200 words and then six words. Here’s the first. A six-word version appears at the end.) On my daily walk, I’ve noticed signs  encouraging people to pick up after their dogs....

Jack’s Rule of Gratitude

I was very snappish and out-of-sorts this past Monday. Didn’t want to work, communicate or participate. My crotchety mood was brought on when I realized I had a very busy week with several presentations, networking events and client meetings—after I had just spent the...

Expanding into a Smaller Space

When I’m pondering what I want to write about, different titles pop into my mind. Many times I have little idea what they may mean. For example, here are a few that have yet to fully tell me what they are about: “Rumi, Willie and Ralph,” “Dreams on a Haystack,”  “My...