You’re too human. Prepare for things to get weird — Feel like you can’t keep up with the pace of change? It’s not you, and it’s not your age. Sure, you and I might not have yet mastered TikTok while our grandkids have already moved on to Likee or some other app we’ve never heard of. …

Time to walk my talk — I haven’t been my best friend lately In fact, if I had a friend who behaved toward me the way I’ve been treating myself recently, I’d tell her to piss off and come back when she’d fixed her attitude. Outwardly, I’m a very nice person. I’m confident that most people who meet me would agree. I’m friendly…

Good intentions, meet limitations — It was a rough week in our house On Thursday, we were full of excitement, hope, and nerves. Taking on a new dog meant changing our placid household dynamics — since we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog Molly in September, it’s just been my husband and me along with our cat. …

You’re not still saying that, are you? — This year’s Banished Words list is out Actually, it’s been out since New Year’s Eve, but if you’re still using outdated, exiled words, the year is young. Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, we can focus our energy on clearing up our communication. Jargon, buzzwords, nonsense terms, lazy filler words, all the trite and overused…

And I’m still processing it — Here’s how it went down I was leaving the store just as she was entering. A dark-haired woman, attractive, probably in her late 30s or early 40s. She swept in through the double doors on a gust of energy and fresh air, her companion, another woman, trailing her. Seeing me in passing, she smiled brightly…

Because you’re almost certainly not — You’ve had a lot on your mind this week That’s an assumption on my part, but I feel safe in making it. How can any thinking person over the age of 18 months not have a pile of heavy stuff weighing on their noggin? There’s just so much to worry about. The climate behaves like it’s suffering from bipolar…

Your stories might be just what Chicken Soup for the Soul is looking for — It’s fun to share good news If you’re a writer who is also querying agents or submitting to magazine or book publishers, then you’re familiar with rejection. We writers have to develop thick hides. We hear “No thanks” a lot. So when we get a yes, it’s time to celebrate. Especially a yes that comes with…

A handy guide for Idaho’s Republican legislators — January is a bleak month in Idaho. The holidays are over and most days are gloomy. Commuters, like vampires, emerge from their homes before sunrise and return after sunset. Schoolchildren stand shivering in the dark at their morning bus stops. Thankfully, the January tedium is disrupted every year by the…

Is a better way to tell time. Allow me to explain — I want — make that need — an elastic clock Not a watch with a stretchy wristband. Not even a smartwatch, because I’ve already got one that tells me the time — the objective time, that is — anywhere in the world. It also tells me what the weather will be ten days from now in Pocatello or Paris or…