What is it with parents of kids and dogs? We LOVE showing off our little people or pups and whatever new skill, behavior or trick they’ve learned. We want the world to see how brilliant and funny and cute little Johnny …
Only Fools
Today, I promised myself, I would be a fool. Only a fool would be here, at this coffee shop. I should be home, on my couch, with my cat, in the safe little nest I’ve built for myself in a …
I Pity the Fool Who Procrastinates
Can you hear Mr. T saying those words? If we know it is foolish, why do we do such a foolish thing? 20 percent of people have been identified as chronic procrastinators. Most of us procrastinate every once in a …
I Sorry I Was Actin’ A Fool
This story is about Little Timmy (not his real name) and his statement about foolery that only a child his age could muster with such cuteness, truthfulness, and staying power. Three-year-old Timmy was usually a menace in the daycare center, …
The Renewal of All Things
I took my wife snowboarding when we’d been married for six weeks. It was the right time. She’d never been before. I on the other hand found traversing the Colorado mountains on a snowboard far more important than a college …
Doing Something Foolish: Day 3
I missed Days 1 and 2, but I was certain that during the third day of this foolish month I needed to risk being called a fool. I needed to dare. My self-conscious, insecure self warned me to ignore the …