Fruitful Detours
When I was a teenager, I saw the most amazing thing. I stayed up late one night to watch The Tonight Show, and Johnny Carson had a guest who named every member of the audience. Before the show, he had each person say their name once. It was incredible to watch, and it seemed like […]
I recently spent a few days in Detroit, where I grew up. The city has gone through a tremendous transformation — from a vibrant manufacturing hub to a collection of vacant and dilapidated buildings alongside new construction struggling to become relevant once again. When I lived there, the population reached 1.8 million. Today, there are […]
If you would like to start at the beginning, click here. The young aide was clearly drunk.“Was there a Roy Rogers flea market?”“Didn’t anyone tell you this wasn’t a costume party?” Ann saw the look on the cowboy’s face, and stepped in quickly. This was not the place for a Senator’s aide to be thrown […]
As I get older, I know more and more people who suffer losses. What are we to say to them? And maybe more importantly, what ought we not say? I have a friend who suffered a recent loss, and says that everyone seems to ask him, “How are you doing?” He’s grateful for their concern, […]
I like to draw. When I was little, I can remember spending some time with coloring books, but it wasn’t my favorite thing to do. Trying to draw people was always painful — they often turned out to be stick figures. What got me back into drawing was my work with anxious clients. I’ve been […]