Last weekend I was in New Orleans with a bunch of booksellers and readers for the third year running, and it was a blast. (Readers: mark your calendars for September ... Read more
Readers, today I’m sharing a piece about my own 9/11 experience, which seems insignificant in the big picture, yet continues to be hugely significant in my own life, because it ... Read more
Almost a year ago, we got a new-to-us puppy, a yellow lab named Daisy. She’s a good dog, we think, and has been right from the beginning. But she’s a ... Read more
This week I kicked off my Tuesday with an hour at the dentist. (I know, I know, you’re tired of all the best stories you read starting exactly this way.) ... Read more
Earlier this summer, I was talking with a friend in my kitchen (where so many of the good conversations happen). My friend mentioned that she had recently read a certain ... Read more
Last year I read Amy Cuddy’s fantastic book Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges. I’m still impressed at how many ideas have stuck with me, more than a year ... Read more
The beginning is the hardest part. In theory, I adore a fresh start, a clean slate, when I have abundant options ahead of me and no mistakes behind me, yet. ... Read more
Last fall I had too much going on. Some would call it an extremely productive season, in the sense that on any given day I was checking off lots of boxes on ... Read more
There are many ways to define a great book, but this is one of my favorite: one mark of greatness is when I find myself thinking about the book, or its ideas, ... Read more
