My daughter came into this world 5 weeks early and at least 5lbs too small. But, to be honest, that never slowed her down. She was out of the NICU in 11 days, out of…
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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 had the good fortune of meeting Chris Brogan on Tuesday night...and to listen to him tell story after story, all of them heavy with hidden ideas and more than a fair bit of laughter.…
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Next to causing massive amounts of trouble, my favorite thing to do at camp every summer was sail. Every single day for two months throughout five summers, I sailed. Little sunfish, 15 foot X-boats, even…
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This morning was a bit of a challenge. With a house full of relatives - literally, someone was sleeping on every surface - we were woken up at 5am by our two 3 year-olds and…
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I was a midfielder on my field hockey team in high school and, like the Cancer that I am, I thrilled at the opportunity to both defend and attack in reaction to the other players.…
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I have a torrent of cliches raining down on me right now: Change is good Change is inevitable All good things must come to an end Times they are a'changin'... Are you as nauseous as…
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The wrong way... Simply put, the wrong way is to look at it alone. Just you and the mirror. I'm sure there is that lone star out there, like my father, who loves to look…
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Do you have a relationship with your writing (or whatever it is that you 'do')? I have one, absolutely. As I started thinking about this concept, I thought for sure that my writing relationship was…
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