Phillipsburg

The Autumn before my Father died, we visited Phillipsburg, Montana. That previous Summer, before the surgery that left him unable to speak, my Dad had mentioned that his father had taken him to Phillipsburg and he wanted to see if he could recognize the place.  So, on a bright Fall morning, my Mom, my Dad [...]

10 Ways to Say “No” to Your Boss and Live to Tell about It

Tell me if this has ever happened.  You come into the office with a list of things that absolutely has to get done and you get a phone call, e-mail, “head poking in the cubicle” from your boss with some urgent task guaranteed to take you off your game and (if you’re a manager yourself) [...]

Anchovies and Ashwater

A year back, I  took a trip to Spain with my family.  It was our first time there and we spent our time in the Andalucia portion of Spain — Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba, Ronda — which is an area marked with the history of the Moors and the beginnings of a united Spanish kingdom. I [...]