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End-of-year reboot

As you might have noticed (I hope you noticed!), I haven’t posted anything here for several weeks. There were reasons. But the longer I didn’t post, the harder it became to start up again. How could I possibly catch up? I finally decided to follow the advice I always give…

Smiles of a summer night

August 29, 2018 smiles

I thought that publishing a “Smiles” list every week might get a little boring, so I decided just to make these occasional — which means that I’ve been saving up this batch for a while! A few weeks ago, I wrote about commuting on a Ford GoBike. Since then, I…

What’s making me smile this week? (#2)

July 20, 2018 a good book life lessons musical notes smiles

In light of recent world events, I feel like I’ve been grimacing rather than smiling this week. But part of the purpose of this exercise is to remind myself that there are still lots of good things in the world, even when they don’t make the front page. And in…

What’s making me smile this week?

July 13, 2018 life lessons smiles this and that

One of my favorite podcasts is Pop Culture Happy Hour. The panelists have a great rapport — I especially love witty and whip-smart Glen Weldon — and they have clever, thoughtful, insightful things to say about movies, television, books, music… in short, about pop culture. I heart this podcast very…