Occasionally, I manage to take a small step a few inches outside my self-imposed comfort zone to experience something new that might actually be good for me and my future creative endeavors. Rubbing elbows with up-and-coming college students actively involved in live...
Yes, I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating, especially since we’re now six weeks into 2014, and the “newness” of a fresh year worn off for most of us: Keeping a gratitude journal maximizes positive endorphin flow. Just taking a few minutes each day to focus on...
According to a small sidebar note in a recent edition of Woman’s World Magazine, a long-term study at Harvard has concluded that those who eat modest amounts of chocolate live longer. This is based on the fact that chocolate is jam-packed with heart-healthy...
It’s been 50 years today? Are you freakin’ kidding me? Fifty years since the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show? Seriously? Yet I remember it well, even though I was only nine years old. And the reason I have this memory is because my mother,...
The Olympic Torch will arrive in Sochi, Russia, tomorrow via a stint aboard the International Space Station, where it accompanied Russian Cosmonauts on a space walk. Upon learning this little factoid, all I could think was: Holy Crap! The Olympic Torch has gone where...
