Daily Archives: January 1, 2026

Happy new year to you. Congratulations on surviving 2025. If you had a pulse, you know that an orange wrecking ball is on the loose. But the resistance is strong and getting stronger. Popular mantras are “He can’t live in my brain,” “Keep laughing,” and “Keep the vision.” With them in mind, 2026 is going to be amazing. If you are anywhere near the Ann Arbor area, I invite you to begin it with me by joining me at Schuler Books on Thursday January 8, at 6:30 p.m. Schuler has chosen that day to spotlight my book, Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer, and they’ve invited me to tell stories from it. Thumbs Up is one Baby Boomer’s story of how he navigated his new reality after Kent State, […]