Poetry for Dogs
My book, Throw Me A Bone: Poetry For Dogs, includes 31 poems written purportedly for a canine audience.
It’s available on Amazon — http://poetryfordogs.com — and priced to generate funds for three humane societies. (Writing poetry is not my get-rich-quick scheme, not a pyramid of dogs with you at the bottom. No.)
Welcome to the Creativity Students
Doug Dangler is the coordinator for the Writing Center and the digital media specialist for The Ohio State University's Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing. He recently asked me, "What do you wish all your students knew about your course —...
Choosing Diversions
Different strokes for different folks. Or, as my Australian friend Catherine says, "Horses for courses." So what are your strokes?I can tell you what is not a stroke of mine: violence. I really don't like it. And I don't consider it...
Where is God?
[This morning, the rabbi is out. So a friend and I will lead Shabbat services. The friend has skills and will do all the hard stuff: Hebrew, music. I'll do what I do best: distract people throughout the service. And I'll give the sermon. Here's the...
The Purpose of Management
I've spent the past several months having increasingly deeper conversations with entrepreneurs and business owners. It's been an enlightening, joyful honor for me. Observing these businesspeople is humbling. Most of them have a highly defined sense of purpose....
The Beginning In The End
The year's end affords rebirth.Many people pooh-pooh New Year's Resolutions, but that's because so many resolutions are hopes and dreams — not true decisions. (This morning, I wrote the subscribers to my irregular newsletter, Three Ideas To Spark...
Let us (re)start with “Why?”
A month on the road has forced some introspection. (The travel experiences were excellent. More to come. Soon.) Now it's your turn. Perhaps you have already seen this video from Simon Sinek? It is a great place to start. After viewing the...
Love A Librarian
Do you love libraries? I do. I always pull over, park the car, and go inside. Usually, it's my own beloved Bexley Public Library or our magnificent Columbus Metropolitan Library. They are award-winning and deserve every award. Often, it's when I'm...
Agenda-Free Advice for the Perpelexed
Here's the draft of a sermon I plan to give tonight at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio. Agenda-Free Advice (A Temple Israel Sermon) Where were we? What was I saying last time I was up here? This is Shabbat Shuvah. Shuvah is about returning, so I'm...
Flung Around
Readers of Net Cotton Content are far-flung. Perhaps that's because the writing is far-fetched. Anyway, readers live all over the world. One in Japan reads Net Cotton Content to learn English. Bad idea. (Why? Sentence fragments.) Where Are We?During the next few...
Psst. Wanna hear some lectures on marketing?
Tonight at 6:45 p.m., I return to CCAD for the first of a dozen weekly lectures on consumer behavior. Come. This is your invitation. There are 100 students registered for the class and it will be taught in a big, comfortable auditorium, so you can just blend in. Each...
