Chunky and noisy,/ but with stars in their black feathers,/ they spring from the telephone wire/ and instantly// they are acrobats/ in the freezing wind./ And now, in the theater of air,/ they swing over buildings,// dipping and rising;/ they float l...

"The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany."  Rebecca Solnit We live between the errand and the epiphany. Let me explain. We live between have to and get to, work and rest, what is and not yet. Experiencing rea...

I set the goal of running 1,000 miles for several years. I joined a club on Facebook committed to running 1,000 miles. I put a training plan in place to achieve that goal each time. I have fallen far short each time. Right now, at the begiining of a ...

Well you know, the first 800 book proposals I sent out got rejected. 800 in a row. What I discovered was I was not very good at telling my story. I was not very good at understanding my customer. I was not very good at realizing that I needed to beco...