I've read several posts in my lifetime that offer the following advice, in one form or another: If you don't have anything good to say, then don't post. Just step away from the computer. Never…
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Way, way back, a long time ago - like in the 90's - I ran in a fantastic road race in Harvard, MA: the annual Apple Harvest Ramble Road Race. It's a 10-miler through a…
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I grew up in St. Louis - a city boundaried by the great Mississippi, the river that divides our country into east and west; a city with a monstrous steel arch marking the gateway to…
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The regulars around here know that I'm an avid (read incredibly enthusiastic) rollerblader - but it wasn't always my go-to sweat activity. I used to be addicted to the pool (and the intense meditative silence…
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I'm not usually into massage. I think it's because 7 years ago, I had an especially intense rub-down of the Ayurvedic variety and woke up the the next morning to greet my first of 40…
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The most critical piece of advice that I give to anyone who wants to write - whether I'm officially coaching them or not - is that they have to find their voice. And to do…
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It's hard for me to write a post that mentions my neighbor (let's call her Mary - because she's a far, far cry from the virgin mother) without including a picture. But I do want…
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Something strange has happened. I'm about to call the EPA and have them check my water. I can't think of any other explanation. Here's the thing: I'm ahead. I'm not just caught up with my…
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Over the course of any given day, I have a profuse amount of conversations, debates, arguments and moments of pure connective bliss. They take up the majority of my day - and, they mostly occur…
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Last week, when I mentioned 'How-to Write' books and how they all contain a specific bit of storytelling advice, it reminded me of something else they all tell us to do. Which is: to capture…
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