Whenever I read Stumptown, GA, I'm impressed by Hannah's love for her hometown. Born here, raised here, she sees Forest Park and its sister communities from a perspective that transplants like me will never share -- except through posts like...
Over at smarterware.org, Gina Trapani drew my attention to these "simple guidelines for workday quality over quantity," which include:- Check email ONLY at 10 AM, 1 PM, and 4 PM. Send any time.- FOCUS 1-3 activities max per day.- LOG 1-3 status...
A work in progress ... an experiment ... an attempt to get focused, get moving, and get some things done:1. Participate in reality. Be here, now. Accept what is.2. Love boldly. Care deeply. Respond quickly.3. Know why you do what you do. Know where...
10. My 3:30 Twix bar.9. That book I wrote that was published under a pen name.8. Loooong, Earth-unfriendly, energy-hogging hot showers.7. Twitter.6. Fried appetizers. 5. Lingering in bed too long on cold mornings.4. The little thrill I get...
"I mean, you know, I'm thirty-five. Thirty-five. If I've not found anyone by now, I'm not going to find anyone. I mean, at least not for dating. I won't be, like, dating anybody, or expecting romance or flowers or candy or...
Rather than follow Peachtree Street on my way home, I walk down Tenth Street and, mostly because of the way the traffic signals work out, I bypass Juniper Street and take Piedmont instead. As a result, I find myself walking up 12th Street...
I'm in New Albany. It’s lunch time. The local Chinese restaurant inhabits the discarded shell of an abandoned McDonald’s. An odd note: by coincidence, I was here, at this very McDonald’s, on the first day it opened, back in the 1980’s. On that...
I loved the handmade centerpiece Clyde's sister made for her Thanksgiving table this year. This is the kind of thing I always intend to do. I even go so far as to buy the gourds and peppers and greenery. But when I start building the thing, I can't...