Jack's Smack

A couple of days into the solo travel part of my most recent trip, I was a bit off. After...

What does it really take to live an expansive life after 50? For me, the answer came while waiting at...

I find myself sometimes muttering, literally out loud and often just within my own head; "This isn't the time to...

Months ago I was sitting on our screened-in porch with my two cats. This pair arrived in my life right...

This entire past week I've been living inside the pages of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. For those of you unfamiliar...

A couple of days ago, I spent two early morning hours getting on an airplane.  I have mixed feelings about...

Yesterday I ran the Cooper River Bridge 10K in Charleston SC.  10k (6.2 miles), while not anywhere near a marathon...

This past week was my last full week of training for a road race I signed up for back in...

Thinking about leaving your long-term relationship, trading in, trading up or down? Been at your marriage 25, 30, 35+ years?...

Why do the best things happen while we are naked and wet? Get your mind out of the gutter; I...