She didn’t fit the typical coffee shop crowd. Most days, this cozy cafe buzzes with students buried in laptops, professionals sipping lattes and a few older folks casually scrolling through their iPads. But not this woman. She and her granddaughter sat across from each other a few feet down from me, and there was a […]
Attitude
Seeing People Just a Little Bit Deeper
“Welcome to our hotel,” the desk clerk said. I’ve heard those words thousands of times over the years. Most of the time, they’re spoken by a smiling employee who wants my first encounter with the hotel to be positive. “We have your payment information on file . . . breakfast starts at 6:00 . . […]
Growing Marijuana – By Accident
Recently, I wrote about growing popcorn in our driveway at our little house in Redondo Beach, California. An accidental spill of kernels turned into a mini-crop of popcorn stalks. Somehow, those kernels took root in the worst possible dirt. That’s not all we grew at that house by accident: We grew marijuana. I never did drugs, […]