Can boredom be the healthiest and happiest thing for the body and brain? I was given a lottery ticket one time. I thought it was a sweet gesture. Then I started to fantasize about what if I actually won! My thoughts soared to fabulous vacations, home improvements, gifts to family…

How managing your own gravy can make your life tastier! “The night is dark and full of turnips,” he announced in a solemn voice. “Let us all pray for venison, my children, with some onions and a bit of tasty gravy. -George R.R. Martin “Would you like some gravy on…

Just where did they come from? And why? I’m in the panic zone. Robot bees are coming at me by the hundreds. I didn’t mean to upset the hive. I didn’t realize that’s what it was. It looked to me like an empty beer can sitting on a picnic table. …

Recognizing our ancestors in us helps us accept and be content with who we become. I have a story that sits inside. It’s about me. My mother. Her mother. And her mother. Back through the many years. I didn’t know them past my great-grandmother who I was terrified of as…

Embracing and accepting the feelings that hold you back is freedom. He sits in front of his computer screen. The opportunity he’d been dreaming of had been offered to him. His email response accepting it was ready to go. All he had to do was click the send button. The…

The hours of the night can be times of distress and despair or strength and hope. It is nighttime. I am seven years old. Lying quietly in my bed, I watch the dancing shadows of the trees across my wall and on the ceiling. I imagine them singing and laughing…

The memories of a cold night long ago can still warm a heart and bring a smile. Digging through a box she came across a small school picture. Smiling, she turned over the picture and read the back. “Never forget that night. …

You’ve tried the rest, now give this method a try. It works wonders for our family. — The clocks have gone back. The days are shorter and the nights longer. Cold winds sweep the land making us hunch up into coat collars. Snow piles up and backs ache from shoveling it. Shoulders and necks are tense and strained from white-knuckle driving on icy roads. At the end…