When I was 22 years old, I’m pretty sure that when I envisioned what I’d be doing at age 41, I dreamt things like winning an Oscar or a Pulitzer Prize (or at least having been nominated). I would work at the New York Times as a film critic or an investigative...
I walk a lot. Living near downtown Kalamazoo, MI, it makes much more sense to walk the mile or so to downtown shops, restaurants and church than it does to find a parking place and pay to have your car sit on the street (and potentially get a parking ticket.) This is...
Back in November, when my beloved Lake Michigan contributed to an early dump of 20+ inches of snow on my home of Kalamazoo, Michigan, I declared on Facebook that I was going to “make friends” with winter by learning some outdoor activity — cross country skiing,...