When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...

“We can fix it!” ain’t a plan

September 12, 2015
Regular readers know that I'm a fan of Donald Trump--as an entertainer. As a politician? Not so much. In fact, not at all. The Donald is very big on platitudes and...

Not a member of the paper-less society.

September 11, 2015
When you invite a professional organizer and neatnik to stay for a week, you really ought to begin organizing your office sooner than two days before. Or buy a lock...

Where did our dignity go?

September 10, 2015
It started when I was approached for a blog campaign to tout wearing no underpants. That's right: going commando. The post was sponsored by a toilet paper company that...

Moving West: remember party lines?

September 9, 2015
Chapter 6 Remember party lines? At the end of the last chapter, the boxes were piling up and I had begun to unpack, not knowing what I'd find because Bob got tired of...

Oh boy! Poi!

September 8, 2015
We were lunching at the world's best restaurant on Maui the other day, Mama's Fish House in Paia. M pointed to a few small bowls of what looked like light chocolate...

Are you an enabler?

September 7, 2015
It's always a surprise to me when people--parents, friends, anyone, really--fail to set limits for themselves or for their children -- or for anyone in their lives. They...

Can goats actually surf?

September 6, 2015
Late one morning in Maui we decided to go upcountry, toward the crater of Haleakala, the well-known volcano. On our way, we encountered the Surfing Goat Dairy. Surfing...

Teachers of life, teachers of love

September 5, 2015
I ran across this bag in Maui on the weekend that Oliver Sacks and Wayne Dyer began their next great adventure. It struck me that they were two men who made their work...

Enough about me

September 4, 2015
These days, I find myself increasing critical of those with whom I spend my time. Critical, not in the fault-finding sense, but in the "assessment" sense. I'm not sure...

Toughen up!

September 3, 2015
I was 16 when I had my first professional editor, on a weekly column about my high school in my town's weekly newspaper. I was paid $2 for each column, probably about...

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