A wall of silence

I put on my best poker face and forced myself to look straight ahead. I was on camera during the meeting and willed myself to keep my mouth shut. The senior executive on the other end of the video conference looked back and waited a long time before he saw that I wasn't going to... Continue Reading →

September 26, 2023

The sound of silence

I took the train home from work recently and I looked to be the lone person on the car without headphones. I noticed it first on the platform: everyone was head-down, headphones in place, looking at their phones. Later on the train, I sat up at one point to stretch my neck and looked in... Continue Reading →

March 5, 2020

Talk, talk, talk

My wife is a talker. She loves people. She greets everyone she meets with a friendly smile and a hearty hello. Yes, she’s one of those people. She gets pumped up by mingling and helping others. I love people too. Well, let me restate that, I love the thought of people, but I prefer to... Continue Reading →