I avoid dancing at weddings, playing softball at picnics, exercising in group classes and other public displays of physical coordination....

Although I prefer a good novel to a marketing book, reading Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi was not terrible even on a beautiful...

This Thanksgiving was also my dad’s 80th birthday. In between turkey and two kinds of pie we marked the occasion with a game-show style...

It seemed like a simple assignment: determine how the village is spatially organized. But I already felt stumped, plus jetlagged and a...

Even before we bought the waterfall, I knew we were on to something. Over the summer we visited the homestay we built in West Sumatra for...

I'm currently hooked on Forged in Fire and The Great British Baking Show. Forged in Fire is a quick fix. With one person crowned champion...

I squinted to peer through the gap between the locked doors of the gallery for a glimpse of the serene, apse-like space that held my...

My husband is the Michelangelo of pet grooming. To see him wield a clipper and scissor and artfully reveal the true essence of a dog from...

I married the first man I met in Bukittinggi, Sumatra. Not right away, of course. First, I rode on the back of his motorbike where I got...

Yesterday my 10 year-old son got a jury summons. I know, ridiculous. And that was my first reaction too. But, my second reaction was...

I marvel at what my 11 year-old son can do with a sharpie and the letters B.O.E. You’d think those are his initials, but they’re not. In...