I always speak to you, my compassionate readers, from my heart. So, I want to tell you that this is the hardest time I’ve had writing a column in the 27 years I’ve been a Cape Cod Times columnist. I ...

It’s been since five years since “Jars of Hearts” became Christina Perri’s mainstream breakthrough and the first of two quadruple-platinum calling cards. The other arrived in 2011 with “A Thousand ...

Think about something new that’s on your horizon, anything in its nascent stages. A creative project you’re just beginning, a work or school assignment you’re about to tackle, a new relationship or ...

I have always been a proponent of writing. The connections between the words that we speak as well as the words we commit to paper are profoundly connected to our feelings and health. I consistently ...

Every writer—no matter the size of their audience, their material wealth, the accolades they’ve received, or their prolificacy—has moments when they feel their work doesn’t matter. Maybe you felt this ...