At one point, we stop asking other people if they’d like to play.  When we’re tiny, we ask other tiny strangers if they’d like to play with us. That’s how we made friends.…

With the holidays behind us and the fresh slate of a new year ahead, how soon is it okay to talk about the holidays again? It’s early January, with lights and decorations still…

On Christmas Eve, I put a puzzle on my living room coffee table. It was a holiday puzzle that I’d never done before, fresh from its sealed box and bag. Santa and his…

A few weeks ago I was sitting on an airplane. I was headed to Boston, with a connection through New York City. Normally when I travel, I’m pretty silent from journey origin to…