The hosts of the holiday party had a beautiful idea: everyone would tell a story to others they met, and you would give a small card to the person whose story you liked best. Whoever had the most cards by night’s end would tell their story to the whole party. The first conversation I had…
Articles from November 2019
The word: Shot
Just as the leaves were turning crispy and red, I found myself in a parking lot with a dead gray car. I met Terry because he was the kind person who volunteered to give it a jump start. He gave me a surprising word that was really fun to play with. The Stranger: Terry The Word:…
The word: Innovator
At YMCA family camp this fall, I woke up early with the girls, who were wild awake from bunkbed sleep and campfire marshmallows. In the morning, you can talk with the chef. Chef Steve spends half his year cooking in one state, half cooking in another—a seasonality I admired. That weekend, we ate Chef Steve’s…