Retirement always has been some sort of faraway concept to me, a fuzzy dream that may or may not contain beaches, golf, exotic vacations, lounging around in various stages of undress with your still-hot, always smiling spouse, and lots of time to volunteer, to read and to work on projects that you never really found… Read More Into the Great Unknown
A few weeks ago, for the first time in my 22 years living in Georgia — I have been here now longer, by a good bit, than I’ve been anywhere, and have stayed in this house on this cul de sac in Alpharetta longer than in any single place, including the big red house in… Read More On Jekyll
A few weeks ago, JDB earned a new paint job. The site is more than four years old now, and even if it’s not exactly well-worn — even if, thankyouverymuch, the posts are sometimes as sporadic as the author is spastic — it probably needs a new look. The blogging platform that I use, WordPress,… Read More A New Look, an Old Hook
A year or so ago, for a yawningly routine service story I was hacking out for WebMD, I interviewed a dentist about what people do wrong when they brush their teeth. Hey. It’s a (partial) living. This is how it went: We all know what we mess up when it comes to brushing. We do… Read More On the Job
Last fall … I’ve been at this for a few weeks now. I still don’t know where to start. I don’t know where to go. I’ve written 2,500 words and trashed them all. I’ve started and stopped and started and screamed and given up a dozen times. I’m struggling for perspective. I’m trying to be… Read More Her Way
From our start, we struggle with the idea of being perfect. We are taught that “practice makes perfect,” but that “nobody’s perfect.” Philosophers tell us, wisely — they’re not philosophers for nothing — that “perfect is the enemy of the good.” Yet the pursuit of perfection is widely expected. It’s considered noble. Nobody aims to… Read More Scenes from my bulletin board: Being Perfect
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