My mother tells me that I read my way through third grade. Less interested in multiplication facts or the elementary school games of my peers, my nose was often buried in a book–cozied up in the top bunk in the room I shared with my sister, curled up on the living room love seat with a slice of American Singles to snack on, or plopped down [...]

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It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.      – Yogi Berra
Talk is everywhere these days – talk radio, opinion/editorial shows, YouTube, blogs, newsletters, Twitter, reality TV, meetings, presentations, the news. Talk, talk, talk – everyone sure has a lot to say. The question is: are we talking at one another – or [...]

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After a delayed flight and a wrong-way ride on the Metro, I arrived at my hotel too late to participate in the opening evening of the 9th Annual Story Weekend in Washington, D.C. last Thursday. While I was really disappointed, the remaining two days, by a wide margin, made up for that first evening’s mix-up.
The [...]

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