Doctor No

Doctor No

What is essential is invisible to the eye. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince I have a confession to make:  I’m a huge James Bond fan.  I have loved them all in all of their incarnations and inanity, from Connery to Craig. Dr. No was the...
Handcuffed To The Bed

Handcuffed To The Bed

Would that it were so! That might have been interesting. But alas… it was not my bed… I was handcuffed to work that was sucking my soul. I loved law school. The reading, the research, the classroom, the debates, the arguments. All of it. But within months of...
Add Water At Your Peril

Add Water At Your Peril

Winemakers in Châteauneuf-du-Pape must adhere to strict guidelines if they wish to present their wines to the marketplace as wines from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region . One curious rule is that, except in extraordinary circumstances (and then only...
Catching Dreams

Catching Dreams

And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. — Joel 2:28 Dreamer. The word has a bad rep. It connotes laziness. Distraction. Fuzziness. Idealism. To...
Bears Almond Milk and You

Bears Almond Milk and You

We have two bears. We call them Eric and Elissa. They like almond milk; and they’ll do just about anything to get it. If there’s something you really want, be a bear. ____________________________________________________________________________ When...