How to love the wind Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind I first picked… Read More ›
Book Review
Choose Yourself ~ James Altucher
James Altucher’s Choose Yourself is a loose, rambly piece of work, a book only in its physical form. I like to think of it is more as a collection of aphorisms by someone who has been on the path–sometimes choosing… Read More ›
Pivot ~ Jenny Blake
Where was this book when I needed it??? Pivot is a book about making a change in your life–in your job, in your career, in your calling. It’s about reassessing your choices, your path, and putting key structures in place… Read More ›
“The Myth of the Catty Woman” – A Response
I read a piece in the NY Times yesterday by Sheryl Sandberg in which she tries to break down what she calls “the myth of the catty woman.” You can read the article for yourself, but her thesis boils down… Read More ›
Big Magic ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
I really did not want to read this book. I mean the author wrote Eat, Pray, Love for crying out loud! No, I did not actually read that book, but they made a movie out of it and cast Julia Roberts… Read More ›
Euphoria ~ Lily King
I came to this book by way of Margaret Mead. As a young (delusional) wannabe Anthropology major, I was captivated by the rather colorful women (Goodall being another) in a field that, in the early 20th century, was dominated by… Read More ›
Still Life with Bread Crumbs ~ Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen is like an urban Marilyn Robinson. She draws a small life using simple language (just more words per minute) that makes you want to linger rather than rush through to the end. I know when I sit down… Read More ›