Friendship

After sending off the kids to school, I had planned to have breakfast with a dear friend. My morning brain had already performed its daily cardio workout of running through the hit-list of chores I needed to do. Cooking, check. Morning laundry, check. Clearing the kitchen, check. Loading the dishwasher…

TwoSet Violin is a refreshing and entertaining antidote to toxic masculinity Despite their niche classical music content, TwoSet Violin is wildly popular for their talent- and for their wholesome male friendship. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —…

Discover how secretly imitating a meerkat can turn you from the ‘Uh huh, gotcha’ friend to the ‘I hear you, I get you, I’m with you’ confidant — unearth this weirdly effective habit hidden at the end of the article. Imagine this: it’s a lazy Sunday afternoon, and you’re nestled…

Some “wise” person once told me attending more funerals than weddings was a sure sign of age. I must be old now. — Twice in the last six months, dual deaths have hit my “death-o-meter” from both ends of the age spectrum. Last December the funeral of a 20-year-old daughter of a friend was juxtaposed with that of a 94-year-old mother of a friend. Seven days ago, a friend of a friend’s loss…

“Something feels off.” This is the frequent refrain from our mystery player, HotSammie80, in the anonymous messages they send. *** Who is HotSammie80? Well, the actual email address belongs to a 68-year-old woman in northwestern Maryland, some three hours away, and who, best we can tell, has no connections to…

Last week in the library, I pulled a book off the shelf to read the flap. A piece of paper fluttered out. As I stooped to get it, I couldn’t help but read. On a smallish piece of paper, the first thing listed was “decide whether to stay married or…

“ Good company will edify you; bad Will rob you even of the wits you had “ — Socrates — The company of good people is training in virtue, while the company of bad men is the ruin of it. When a person indulges himself in bad company he forgets the advice that he had been given, it means that he has also forgotten the influences that set his heart…

An open letter to BJ — Dear Brett Jenae Tomlin, I don’t know when or even if this letter will find its way to your eyes but I miss you. I have a feeling I know why you’ve been gone and I understand. I’m here if you need anything. Believe me, I get it. …

“Oh, you have a tab?” *** After the Hall of Fame event ended, and a rather large contingent of the attendees retired to the hotel bar, I found myself with a brief moment of respite. *** In Genie’s story, she suffered a terrible loss. That is her story to tell…