Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.
I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.
We did talk about cheese on our first date.
Gardening is peaceful, yet there is a great element of failure. It's the perfect metaphor for life -- a lot of pleasure, then it's over. There's great satisfaction in tending something, feeling it needs you, even if it's just a plant on your windowsill.