Mind over matter

If you were alive in the 1970s or 1980s, surely you remember that old Carly Simon song, “Haven’t Got Time for the Pain.”
Those lyrics could be the story of my life since the last post on this blog.
Saturday night, after a long run in 90-degree heat, this summer cold that nabbed me during our Colorado [...]

Slipping up

When I went to journalism school at Northwestern University in the 1990s, we all feared the Medill (School of Journalism) F. In a nutshell, this was the failing grade we received when we screwed up a critical fact of a story. One major mis-step, and you failed. It really was that simple.
And as much as [...]