DAY 36 :: Pay attention to the p.s.
Responses have started coming in from readers like you, each answering in their own way the question: "What would you be doing today if you only had 37 days to live?" From Georgia comes this beautiful and poetic answer from Barbara Durham: Making Come now friends gather round from far …
DAY 37 :: Let us number our days
To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give. -Taisen Deshimaru If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know why it’s called 37days, not 38 days or 160 weeks or a fancy fortnight or Half a Dozen Years Or So. For those who don’t know, …
Do it old school
When Emma was six or seven, we traveled to Israel to see our friend, Eliav, and his family. And to do some work there, of course. Let’s not forget the work. And the fact that Eliav’s wife, Chagit, can cook like nobody else. And that the strawberries are as big …
Let your children write on the walls
I first posted an entry about Randy Pausch last September, when his "Last Lecture" became a YouTube hit. A father of three young children and a beloved professor at Carnegie Mellon, Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at such a young age. The odds were definitely against him. For his …
Take a wee peek inside…
Did I mention how gorgeous all the art is that was sent in by 37days readers for my new book? Prompted by artist Donna B Miller (a 37days reader who also did the cover illustration!), there are over 120 pieces of full-color art in LIFE IS A VERB. Designer Diana …
Let’s meet for free trade coffee and a big slab of vegan pie near your house
Where is that Airstream I keep asking for? Time to hit the road, meet some 37days readers, and share some stories and art from LIFE IS A VERB. Reader (and contributing artist) Shelley Krause emailed recently with a brilliant idea: "Why not create a ‘Citizens’ Press Kit’ so those of …
The eagle has landed
Got an email late yesterday from my publisher that LIFE IS A VERB had arrived from the printer. Boxes and boxes of books now sit, lonely, in a warehouse in Guilford, Connecticut, waiting to be freed, unleashed into the world. Wouldn’t a road trip to the warehouse be fun? The …
Need? or Want?
I wonder if this is a clear enough message for Mr Brilliant as he contemplates just what on this planet he will buy or do for my last birthday in my 40s, which will take place soon on the anniversary of Elvis’ death (WHAT? YOU DON’T HAVE THAT DATE ETCHED …
What about your 37 days? Tell me your story…
For three-and-a-half years, I’ve been writing 37days, having realized that what I needed to leave behind for my two daughters was not money or a house or a matched set of ergonomically designed mixing bowls, but my stories–what I’ve learned and love, what I question and fear and know. The …
Be the leader you’ve been waiting for
Sometimes we find wisdom where we least expect it. A child’s voice from the back seat. The side of a cereal box. Or a flip chart hung in Stall #1 of the women’s bathroom on the basement of the Library at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. I feel better having …
