I’m not sure there is anything in my life more annoying and less effective than an electric hand dryer. To be fair, there are a lot of things that are more annoying and less effective, and if I start listing them, we might be here all day. But since I live a life relatively free of major annoyances and inconveniences (I’m blessed), and since I just stepped out of a public bathroom wiping my semi-wet hands on my pants, it’s top of mind. These things (electric hand dryers) hav

Was 2025 a good year for you? Was it challenging? Forgettable … or unforgettable? Something in-between? I’m not going to share details about my 2025––and I don’t expect you to share yours––not because it’s no one else’s business (though it isn’t), but really, I don’t want to burden or bore you. I will say this: like every other year before it, 2025 had some good, some bad and some ugly. Likely no different than yours. This is the time of year we tend to reflect on all that: t

This is from October 2024. Enjoy, and we'll see you back here with new and (maybe) fresh stories and perspectives next week. You may have seen what I'm about to share, but that doesn't mean it isn't a worthwhile exercise. It's a "quiz" of sorts, one often attributed to Charles Schulz (creator of the Peanuts comic strip; my all-time favorite). I did a little digging, and it appears as though Schulz did NOT create this. Nonetheless, it seems consistent with his philosophy on li