I was writing a post as the news of Carrie Fisher’s death came across the wire, and then not long after came the news of the passing of author Richard Adams. I was writing about something else, but that can wait. New topic.

Look, in many ways, for many reasons and for many of us, 2016 was a tough …

Whether it’s writing that first short story, or getting that first sale, or landing that new job, or beginning a fitness program, or starting a new company, or taking martial arts lessons, or learning a music instrument: if you focus, get started right now, and apply grit, you can do it.

Don’t let …

Salzburg. Birthplace of Mozart. City of impossibly steep AND narrow mazelike streets.

We stumbled into the oldest restaurant in Europe, open since the year 803. Charlemagne ate there.

We managed to score reservations to eat there too.

During the dinner we listened to selections of Mozart played by a …