I've been a runner since my twenties. When I was sixty, I trained for and ran my first marathon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It took me five...

When I was living in the Midwest and belonged to a local Rotary Club, one of the things our chapter became part of was a reading program...

When we think about creativity and how it takes form, it’s useful to look at people, or animals, who have a lot of challenges in their...

The other day, I was daydreaming about living in another country other than my home in the U.S., and I began to wonder about other...

Having just become a grandparent, I’m struck by the complete and total strangeness of suddenly having another human being in my life, one...

Now that we’ve experienced a little time gap between we citizens of Earth and Covid, it’s interesting to look back and see how the whole...

Since returning from a three week trip to Europe on September 6, I’ve had some time to reflect on some of my experiences there. It...

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein When I was little, say five to eight years old,...

I just returned from a three week trip to Europe, the planning of which was a gift of sorts from one of our sons. He knew that a lifelong...

Aren’t dreams great? Especially when we’re doing things like flying effortlessly around the neighborhood or performing for an astonished...

As a lifelong musician, I have often heard colleagues say something like, “I was totally in the zone” after a performance that went...

Self-improvement guru Tony Robbins advises that if you’re not planning something in your life right now that scares the living daylights...

In 2010, I became my mother’s caretaker. My father had just passed away, at age eighty-nine. They were still living in their home, so I...

WARNING: this posting graphically discusses depression, suicide, and battlefield trauma. We hear a lot about post traumatic stress...

I was reading one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott, the other day. Her book, “Small Victories, Spotting Improbably Moments of Grace”,...

There’s a new HBO Max film on recently by the singer-songwriter Taylor Mac (who is also an actor, playwright, performance artist,...

When I was growing up in ‘60’s Midwest America, my two siblings and I had butts in seats whenever the innovative new TV show, “Star...

I saw this post about Kurt Vonnegut on Instagram today, Kurt Vonnegut was not only a remarkable, one off writer, but he was also a...

A close friend of mine, someone who has a fairly challenging job and has raised two children, also happens to be a fine amateur...

I’m coming down the home stretch on getting my children’s book on creativity, "Giselle and the Little Idea", formatted. Believe me when...