Outsiders Can Make a Marriage Stronger
Sandy (not her real name) was “moved to tears” after hearing me talk about the importance of connecting with consequential strangers in our everyday life. She later explained in an email: [My tears...
View ArticleWhat It Takes to Connect Face-to-Face (in the age of the Google brain…or in...
I’m back in Paris, on the prowl for a new set of consequential strangers–following my own advice about what it takes for a place to feel comfortable. It’s not easy here (see this post about my last...
View ArticleSocial Strategies for Hard Times
An artist I saw recently on the nightly news had her own studio–but no one was buying. When people are worried about putting food on the table and health insurance, the artist realized, paintings...
View ArticleClose Encounters of the Best Kind
I love the relationship I have with Reggie, who owns this summer resort town’s only grocery store. I don’t know much about him–not even his last name. And yet, I’ve eaten his mother’s cooking and the...
View ArticleRosh Hashona Reflections & Humor
A friend sent me this via email, and I thought I’d pass it on. I wrote about Tashlich in the fall of 2008, as I put the final finishing touches on the manuscript. I had never planned to write an...
View ArticlePsychic Sharing: Done Best with a CS!
This, one of my columns for Shareable: Sharing by Design, was published there today. I strongly recommend that you explore that site as well as this one, as both are devoted to ideas for a more...
View ArticleFour Reasons to Thank Everyone in Your Life
Thanksgiving is a time to be with loved ones and to reflect on all the caring and support we have in our lives. But what about people who aren’t in the room but who share slices of your life and who...
View ArticleKatrina Survivor Faces a Different Kind of Drowning
Let me warn you before you read further: I’m going to ask you to send me any amount of money you can afford, from a few dollars to whatever. But it’s not for me. Allow me to explain… In the last...
View ArticleWhatever Happened to Violet?
On January 18–less than 3 weeks ago–I wrote a plea here and on Facebook on behalf of one of the women I met in Louisiana–who now faces a different kind of drowning. I asked you for money–as little as...
View ArticleForcing Us To Be CS?
I was amused by a Q & A article in yesterday’s New York Times. The questioner complains about a new restaurant in which the menu offers patrons the option of ordering a “six-pack for the kitchen,”...
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