Fumbling for Change

On becoming somebody (anybody) different.

by Troy DuFrene

The Curative Power of Bitterness

For a while, I sold booze. (Hang on for this one: You have to get to the end for it to make any sense.)

Now, don't get excited. I wasn't a moonshiner, though I've more than once fantasized about rocketing through the back roads of Alabama in a souped-up 1970 Chevelle SS 396, with the revenuers in hot pursuit. Read More

Two Boats and a Helicopter: Thoughts on Stress Management

Hold this thought gently as you read on: despite centuries of science, technology, and evolution; regardless of the miracles of medicine, psychology, and social development; irrespective of progress in all its forms, how you feel today probably has as much to do with whether the sun came out as anything else.

Okay, continue. Read More