It’s winter in Northern California, one of the driest on record. Tulips are pushing their green tips up in February, plum trees are already in bloom, and every night the meteorologist on the television news starts with a doom and gloom scenario about the lack of precipitation in the forecast. With all these winter worries around me, it’s obvious what’s on my mind:…More

Valentine’s Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. As a kid I remember well the excitement of receiving all those Valentine cards from my fellow friends and classmates. It was so much fun to sort through each card, picking out the ones I liked the best, and reading the ones from my best friends. …More

In 2007, The Washington Post ran an article on the relatively new phenomenon of “email bankruptcy,” citing statistics such as there were six trillion business emails sent in 2006, workers were increasing their daily workload by up to three hours by having to respond to the endless deluge of emails, and psychological studies showing that people’s stress levels are increasing by the feeling that their work is never done as a result of these endless emails. That was five years ago and it hasn’t gotten any better….More