Wordle Email First breakfast croissant Graham crackers in the pantry People don’t want to hear what I have to say What I have to say is obvious What I have…

December is here to remind us: endings are messy. The end of the year comes without resolution or absolution. It doesn’t matter what you did or didn’t get done, the…

Thirty years ago, I was on the cusp of moving to Seattle. I was transferring to Seattle University with one Pearl Jam album and no other knowledge whatsoever. Then Singles…

A business coach friend of mine was trying to help a promising little company grow. They had an amazing founder: He was smart, hard working, and had a compelling vision…

“Well, we told them that in the last email, so we don’t need to tell them again.” Oh my dear deluded humans. I’ve had this conversation multiple times with both…

It was a long Thanksgiving weekend; I was about 15. The only teenager in the house…

I went on a business-retreat last weekend. Maybe it’s silly to think a tiny business like mine needs a strategic planning business retreat.

If you are in Portland or Seattle, I don’t need to tell you—it’s the darkest day of the year. Other people think this too.) It’s been a year. Friends and…

I miss running into you on the street and in bars and restaurants, and catching up on the fly! Are you finding it hard to keep in touch, now that…

I didn't appreciate seasons until I moved to Seattle. It's one thing to intellectually know that winter celebrations are about the sun; it's another thing to be submerged into darkness…