The other night I worked late but really needed to make a grocery run on my way home.  I pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the front door where the signage clearly said, “Open Daily Til 11:00 p.m.”  “Cool,” I thought.  “There’s no rush.”   Well, my...

This past Memorial Day Weekend I went with friends on a tour of wineries in Western Wisconsin along the Great River Road that runs alongside the Mississippi River. We tasted some good and some not-so-good wine, and we had a great time visiting the shops that are...

I recently traveled with my aging parents to my sister’s wedding on Chesapeake Bay. It was a lovely weekend and everyone had a great time, yet while I see my parents every week, living and traveling with them for four days reinforced to me just how much care we, as...

Today is National Bike to Work Day! Did you ride your bike to the office this morning? If you did, would you have a place to put it? I’m amazed how few dental practices, especially the standalone ones, don’t have any place for patients and staff to lock up their bike...

There is a woman that works as a barista at my local Starbucks that makes me cringe whenever she is on the cash register when I come in. Occasionally, as I sit contemplating my next blog post, I’ll watch her and the other baristas as they hustle and work hard to serve...

Stanford University’s Board of Trustees voted to divest the university endowment from coal. Following a strategy used to fight apartheid, a student group led a campaign against the carbon rich fossil fuel, and they are hoping this catches on with other large...