4 Phrases for Cleaning up Conflict

There is a bucket of cleaning supplies beneath my sink. Anti-bacterial floor cleansers, window spray and furniture polish. Stain removers and scouring pads and lacquer thinner that will remove indelible marker but may also dissolve whatever is beneath. I want to...

Listening at Work

My first vehicle developed a knock in the engine and I didn’t know what was causing it. But my grandpa was visiting. “Start it up,” Grandpa said. I did, and then opened the hood and stood in front of my old truck. “Always stand to the side,” Grandpa said. “Then if...

Something To Be Said For Skill

Guido Sgarbossa was my first real boss. Before him I had clipped the tops off onions for eight cents a box, been a flunky for a heating and air conditioning company for four dollars a day and been fired for terminal boredom as a groundskeeper at an old folks home. In...