As a rule, I don’t answer incoming calls from people I don’t know. If I give someone my cell phone number, I usually get that person’s number, too. But I’ve had my same cell number for ages, and I’ve “lived” in four different states and at about ten different addresses since I got this number, […]

I spend a lot of time in my head. I did an inventory of myself recently, and I discovered that I’m pretty much always writing a story about something in my mind during every hour that I’m awake. If I’m listening to a podcast, I’m always thinking about how the topic makes me feel, and […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! What a complicated holiday, right? It’s loaded with expectations and over-the-top gestures of fanciness. For me, Valentine’s Day has the added component of being my wedding anniversary — so, yes, Lou and I are a bit of a cliche! (However, if this makes it any better, our actual wedding date is February […]