Last week, I was at the supermarket checkout loading an oversized bag of purple, orange and golden sweet potatoes to the conveyor. The lady behind the checkout said something like “what are you planning on doing with all those...
Bridget and I have been together for more than five years. We don’t have heated arguments all that often, but we are in the middle of a doozy. Mind you, it’s nothing terribly serious. Our getaways tend to go...
Buying a home, like getting a college education, is a right of passage that’s deeply part of the American Dream. Friends and family egg you on — and so do financial advisors, employers and real estate agents.
But what...
We all know some people just love to travel, but why? What makes some people eager to drop their lives and head to some exotic, perhaps dangerous locale just for kicks? Why do some people have that insatiable urge...
When most people think of Peru, they picture soaring mountains, lush jungles and exotic people. Despite rapidly becoming a booming tourist hotspot, this South American country retains much of its traditional ways, and in many respects, the real Peru...
I am a man, and I will admit I am goal oriented, even in bed. However, I have lived long enough to learn a few things about the finer art of lovemaking. When I was young, of course, I...
It’s true that giving your all to make your business succeed means sometimes sacrificing on personal routine. Yet, there are successful movers and shakers who surrender their evenings for personal growth or to simply shake off the day. While...
Two rickety planks of wood separated me and my only pair of underwear from the gaping maw of sheer terror. I tried to cling to the two slices of timber with my feet, my toes curling over inside my...
Clutter is a bane of my existence. I don’t do well when it’s around, and I take all necessary and reasonable steps to eradicate it if it arises. There is a reason behind my war on clutter: it stresses...
An increasingly alienating world that puts performance, quick satisfaction, competition and careers first sets us up to make a range of mistakes in our love life.
However, we also aren't born knowing it all; learning how to best be with...
