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On Being Insanely Nice*

I’m headed to Birmingham, he said, softly kissing my sleeping face in the darkness. Be back tonight. I swam hard for the shore of awake that I might properly tell him goodbye, have a good meeting, be safe. But of course by then he was gone, the sound of the...

On Being A Not-Very-Patient Waiter*

Here is my process for choosing a grocery store checkout lane. Consider the length of the lines, of course. Look through the contenders to see what other complications might arise: the amount of stuff still in the cart(s) the likelihood of a dreaded price check kids,...

Day 16: On Kindness

I’ve been on the road quite a bit lately. And as much as I love travel, being away from home, and from the office, has filled my life with such chaos I can’t seem to get my feet under me. I was thinking about this very thing as I pulled into my...

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