Laugh, Think, Cry

So, I'm trying this. It's an approach to life and happiness that's based on the improvisation game, "Yes, And." If you've never played it, it's an exercise where two people act out a scene without a script by

In 1967 my grandpa Jack set out to buy a lake property to build a getaway for his young family.  He was a Lutheran Pastor, and along with my Grandma Nancy were in many respects THE community leaders of a town of 1000 people in rural Wisconsin.  They wanted a

Aubrey and I first reconnected, after about 5 years, on a phone call from me to her on the last day of January in 2024. I was mid-flight on a new creative project called “A Letter For” and had no branding or design work for it. A bolt of lightning

This phrase: “Know Thyself” — it’s always around in the background, sort of reduced, to a platitude, like, “the grass is always greener” or “seize the day” — but these concepts are not just a quick way to move on from a long conversation you don’t have time for. These