Baby’s first haircut
The little dude is almost 11 months old. In addition to being linebacker-sized, his hair has grown at a rapid clip. I was tired of …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Your favorite business/productivity books of 2015?
I'm working on a round-up of some of my favorite, or at least most thought-provoking, business and productivity books of 2015. This is somewhat challenging, …Read More
Quarterly goals: how did I do?
Last December I wrote a post with my quarterly goals for 2015. While New Year’s resolutions are grand, I thought that quarterly goals might provide …Read More
My birth-weekend
I celebrated my birthday on Saturday, but really it was a weekend-long string of activities. It was a mix of things that were fun for …Read More
Crossing an item off the summer bucket list, never mind the snow
I was in Chicago this week speaking at the Executive Women in Agriculture conference. It was a good group of women, and they were very …Read More
Stuff I do not want for Christmas
The holiday catalogs are starting to pile up in my house. I will recycle them eventually, but in the meantime, I enjoy paging through to …Read More
Thanksgiving weekend highs and lows
When we talk about our lives, we usually recount past events as stories. Three points of evidence lead to a conclusion. If I wanted to …Read More
The literary Advent calendar
Our “literary Advent calendar” made its first appearance last year. The idea is that for each pre-Christmas night of December (or of Advent, whichever) the …Read More
Links: 100 hour couples, the gender gap
I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year, and hosting a big crew, so I'll be signing off for a few days. In the meantime, here are …Read More
The overscheduled child?
I wrote much of this essay in the space of time before I brought my 8-year-old to swim practice. He swims on a competitive team …Read More