For readers who know me only from my novel and other writing, there’s another side of my life: I run an information technology firm that helps multibillion-dollar organizations create better software.

If you’ve ever fought with a website that wouldn’t work or a mobile app that made you want to hurl your phone across the

Continued from Raising Fools - Part 1

I’m lying with my upper back flat while the rest of me twists to the...

We have three boys, all with different personalities yet similar in so many ways. When the oldest was eleven or so, I’d often walk into the family room to find him…

It looked as if a forest had exploded. Green pine needles littered our carpet with a trail of them scattered throughout our foyer. This was…

Summer always reminds me of childhood when I’d play outside with friends until dusk and beyond. Many evenings, when the light faded, the soft glow of fireflies pulled us from…

Whenever I lift my eyes toward the sky, my mood improves. I noticed this a long time ago and always assumed my fondness of the sky triggered it, my inner kid spellbound by…

Susan and I spent a recent Saturday cleaning out a few closets in dire need of organizing. One of the closets was in the…

There’s no substitute for the school of life. Each of us is enrolled, like it or not. But we should like it. It’s the finest education money can’t buy…