There are books I return to, because they give me new gifts every time I open them. Sometimes these books give me old gifts too, and that is good, because I delight to relive the wonder or joy, the philosophy or challenge. When I consider these...

The other day someone asked me how to significantly increase blog traffic. I sent a long email in response, then decided I really needed to do a whole post. Thus, Increase Your Blog Traffic: Top 5 Book Rec's. At first blush, it could seem rather...

InsideOut should be here very soon (IAM, December 2009). I feel like an anxious parent, waiting. In the meantime, here are some poems you can have if you like (just copy the html in the white box beneath the poem, and it's ready to go in your sidebar...

The pile was getting too high. Messy. It was time to sort. So I sat in silence and began. This-goes-here, that-goes-there. In the middle of the pile, I found it. Simple brushstrokes. Raw line and color. Her painting asked nothing of me. I simply...

Sometimes words escape me. Like tonight. Then I reach back and find something written at another time... ...like this simple poem, which you will find in the upcoming collection, along with much longer poems of course. My dad (I know you're reading...