Are you a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty person? Or, are you a “Neither, there is NO GLASS” pessimist? Or, are you a “We’re all trapped in this giant glass” existentialist? When you look, what do you see? Opportunities or...
A friend gave me some advice about mountain climbing. She’s not a mountain climber. Neither am I. To be clear, my mountains aren’t the kind that require proper hand holds and harnesses and belays. My mountains are the ones I see in front of me and...
Yesterday I took the dog on my favorite hike, one that rewards a climb with a tremendous view. You can see for miles — farmland below and mountains in the distance, a view that stretches across more than 5 towns. But an early fog rolled in and when we got to the...