I think anticipation may be one of life's most underrated pleasures. We talk endlessly about experiences. The trip. The dinner. The date. The concert. The weekend away. But there is another pleasure that begins long before any of those things happen. Looking forward to them. Sometimes I wonder if anticipation is half the fun. Maybe [...]

Stay up a little later. Not every night. Sleep is important. I have become old enough to respect sleep in a way I certainly did not at twenty-five. But sometimes the night deserves another hour. You know those evenings. Dinner is finished. The check has come. Nobody wants to leave. The conversation has moved past [...]