September 21, 2025 Happiness, like being in love, can be difficult to define– if someone were to ask us to describe it, we would sound ridiculous, fumbling our way through one whimsical cliché after another: “it’s magical, it’s like my soul is getting a hug, it’s electric, it’s….well, it’s an indescribable feeling and it’s just…

September 7, 2025 “Hand it over” is such a haunting phrase, isn’t it?  Without any context, these three words can evoke a complicated storm of emotional unease and distress.  While the actual words themselves imply that we are in possession of something we’re not supposed to have, the domineering tone seems to be innately responsible…

August 24, 2025 Have you ever met anyone who was condescending toward creative types and artists?  And by artists I’m not talking about Matisse or Beyoncé, but that weirdo nephew who is just wasting his time playing guitar in the basement; or the neighbor’s 8-year old daughter who just can’t sit still or keep her…

August 17, 2025 A little while ago I was perusing the Youth Nonfiction aisle of the local library with my 9-year-old, when we realized that most of the books, particularly the series, seemed to focus heavily on violence and war.  He was starting to get into reading longer chapter books, and while I don’t want…

August 3, 2025 In the entertainment industry, we often hear about the overnight success of some actor or musician who nobody’s heard of, making it in the bigtime.  While “nobody” had ever heard of the band Fun until they received their Grammy Award for: Best New Artist, in their acceptance speech, they reminded the audience…