When Bob Gubrud heard about a recent survey saying that arguing with your spouse at least once a week makes for stronger, longer marriages, he chuckled as he quipped sarcastically, “That must mean that our marriage is fantastic, because sometimes we have one a day.”
The Edina, Minn., man and his wife, Rosie, have been married 52 years,...
It’s only polite when you’re invited to dinner to ask whether you can bring something.
When I’m giving a dinner party, I’m often stumped to answer the question, though. Wine geeks can bring wine. But for anyone else, my knee-jerk response is to say no, we don’t need a thing. I’ve slowly come to realize, though, that it’s not at all the...
When Patricia Masterson’s boyfriend broke into her email account in search of evidence that she had been cheating, she was deeply offended by the violation of her privacy. The fact that she had, indeed, been cheating hardly seemed like a good excuse.
She changed her tune 10 years later, when, married and pregnant, Masterson innocently...
Wish you had more time in the day? Consider these time-management truths.
1. In anything, 20 percent of tasks are critical, 80 percent are trivial. Of all the things most people do, most really aren’t that important. Sure, being busy may feel like progress, but it’s important not to confuse activity with progress. Time-...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Between sets of waves, surfer Tanya Novak sits on her board and takes in the world around her. She watches tiny crustaceans swimming in her cupped hands. She speculates about what species they are before setting them free again. When the wind picks up and shifts south, she wonders if a storm is brewing somewhere out to sea...
