• Friendship
  • The Island of Misfit But Perfectly Suited Toys – Or Redeeming Christmas Dinner

    You can’t really blame life for ruining Christmas. But nevertheless, life events certainly risked ruining Christmas – travel for family funerals meant missing other previously scheduled family events. It is, as they say, what it is. Our solution? Invite good friends over for a Christmas meal. We split the cooking and had a veritable feast […]

  • Friendship
  • Social Self-Censorship

    If I was a “normal” person, I’d write more on this blog about things that really matter. That “normal” person existed a year ago. Before I started working for the City. Before “It’s a Little Plano” madness swept the interwebs. Before I people whom I don’t know follow and engage with me on Twitter and […]

  • Friendship
  • Mentoring

    For what felt like forever, I was afraid of being a mentor. I didn’t know enough. My career didn’t have enough awards marking the journey. The world didn’t know my name. At some point, I realized that a mentor is simpy someone who has been on the journey longer. Every experience leads to wisdom (be […]

  • Friendship
  • Just Say It

    The last couple of weeks have been difficult. I lost a friend/former coworker/protege, along with her husband, in a tragic accident. And honestly, I didn’t know what to say about how I felt, so I said nothing. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that silence is an acceptable response when words are inadequate. As a […]