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My good friend Jim would say “Vacation is too damn much work.” And yet, there are very real benefits of taking vacation. How about 9 of them? But I hope it won’t take all 9 to convince you …

Summer: Warmer temperatures, longer days, seagulls crying, the smell of wood tar, watermelon, barbecue. Canoe camping by water’s edge with a little night fishing. reading on the deck and so much more …

Seeing is a physical-chemical chain of reactions. Perceiving is about analyzing information, making sense at a deeper level. Both are necessary …

The van was almost new when we got it. Years later it wasn’t running so well at all. So would we pay for more repairs or replace it?

I put a cup of water into the microwave to heat it up for tea. Then walked away. Came back a few minutes later and pulled out the cup. It wasn’t hot. Did I forget to turn on the microwave?

What do Jane Austen, Igor Stravinsky, Franz Kafka, Benjamin Franklin, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Stephen King, Sylvia Plath and Maya Angelou have in common?

I sat on the floor in the living room, staring at the phone. I was supposed to call about a job. But couldn’t make it happen. Because I had this limiting belief that rejection was inevitable.

Memories are what defines us as persons. Sharing memories defines us as a community or tribe. Connects us with others. Helps us know who we are.

On one end is total clutter that buries us in stuff. On the other is minimalism with no (or just a few) possessions. Where do you land on that scale?