
My wife Kathy and I were at a retreat recently. A woman I’d just met came up to me between sessions. “It’s amazing watching you watch Kathy talk,” she said. “Your face lights up. You hang on every word like it’s the most interesting thing in the world.” “Because it is,” I said. People ask […]
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Once a month, I share the best of what I’ve been reading, watching, and exploring. Enjoy! Books Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz (1977). A love letter to 1970s Los Angeles, written by a woman who lived it more than almost anyone. She dated Jim Morrison, Harrison Ford, and Steve Martin, and turned all […]
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Earlier this year, a fully formed opening scene dropped into my head—the way you’d see one in a movie theater. I could see the faces. I could hear the dialogue. I knew exactly how the scene would play. I’ve learned to follow these whispers when they come. I didn’t sit down and decide to write […]
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