Month: September 2026

Why does a ringing phone take priority over an in-person encounter? Have you ever been enjoying a conversation with a friend, their phone rings, they answer it, and you never get to finish your story about the alligator you found in your bedroom. Perhaps my friend wasn’t interested in my story, perhaps the phone call…

Can you remember when you didn’t know the secret to Tic-Tac-Toe? Every game was a challenge because maybe you would win and maybe you would lose. Then, one day you figured out why your big brother or big sister never lost a game. Since then, you’ve never lost a game either, but you’ve also never…

“Didn’t you get my text?” “I don’t know. What did it say?” The trouble is I have Google Messages, WhatsApp, and Signal on my phone’s home screen, but there’s also Facebook Messenger, Slack, Apple Messenger, personal and work emails, and help notes to and from my students. Or did you leave a voice mail? And,…

I have often found it ironic that we celebrate Labor Day by not working. The holiday was started by labor unions in 1882 to celebrate and draw attention to  American workers. Back then, many were working 12 hours per day, 7 days a week, just to make a basic living. On that first Labor Day,…